Twilio incident
SMS Delivery Receipt Delays from a Subset of Twilio Short Codes to Multiple Networks in United States
Twilio experienced a minor incident on August 31, 2026 affecting SMS Short Code, North America, lasting 1h 26m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Aug 31, 2026, 04:56 PM UTC
Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery receipt delays from a subset of Twilio Short Codes to network subscribers on multiple networks in the United States. Our team is actively investigating this issue. Message delivery may succeed, but delivery receipts may be delayed. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.
- identified Aug 31, 2026, 04:58 PM UTC
Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery receipt delays from a subset of Twilio Short Codes to network subscribers on multiple networks in the United States. Our team has identified the cause, and is working to resolve the issue. Message delivery may succeed, but delivery receipts may be delayed. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.
- monitoring Aug 31, 2026, 05:06 PM UTC
We have observed a recovery in SMS delivery receipts from a subset of Twilio Short Codes to network subscribers on multiple networks in the United States and are monitoring service stability. We will provide another update in 2 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.
- resolved Aug 31, 2026, 06:23 PM UTC
The incident has been resolved and SMS delivery receipts from a subset of Twilio Short Codes to network subscribers on affected networks in the United States are operating normally.