Yelp incident

Partial degradation for Yelp Places API

Major Resolved View vendor source →

Yelp experienced a major incident on January 22, 2026 affecting Yelp Places API V3 (Business, Match, Search API, etc.), lasting 2h 26m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Jan 22, 2026, 10:34 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 23, 2026, 01:00 AM UTC
Duration
2h 26m
Detected by Pingoru
Jan 22, 2026, 10:34 PM UTC

Affected components

Yelp Places API V3 (Business, Match, Search API, etc.)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Jan 22, 2026, 10:34 PM UTC

    We're experiencing an elevated level of API errors. We are investigating, and will follow up with more details in 30 minutes. Thank you.

  2. identified Jan 22, 2026, 11:14 PM UTC

    The root cause of this incident has been identified and a fix is under implementation. Next update is expected within 30 mins.

  3. identified Jan 22, 2026, 11:44 PM UTC

    We've identified the source of the errors, and we're working to address the issue by adding capacity to certain services. Next update in 30 minutes.

  4. monitoring Jan 23, 2026, 12:18 AM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results. Next update in 30 minutes.

  5. resolved Jan 23, 2026, 01:00 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.