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.
Affected components
Yelp Places API V3 (Business, Match, Search API, etc.)
Update timeline
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- monitoring Jan 23, 2026, 12:18 AM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results. Next update in 30 minutes.
- resolved Jan 23, 2026, 01:00 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.