AssemblyAI outage, 16 April 2026

Increased processing times and errors for Universal-2

Started
Resolved
16 Apr 2026, 19:24 UTC (after 47 min)
Impact
Minor
Affected
Asynchronous API

Last update from AssemblyAI

We have continued to see processing times remain in the normal range and are now marking this issue as resolved.

16 Apr 2026, 19:24 UTC

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