AssemblyAI outage, 18 August 2026

Elevated processing times for Universal-3 Pro and Universal-3.5 Pro async transcription

Started
Resolved
18 Aug 2026, 20:12 UTC (after 38 min)
Impact
Minor
Affected
Asynchronous API

Last update from AssemblyAI

This incident has been resolved. Processing times for pre-recorded transcription requests using Universal-3 Pro and Universal-3.5 Pro have returned to normal ranges and the backlog has cleared.

18 Aug 2026, 20:12 UTC

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Other AssemblyAI incidents

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  2. Increased Processing Times and Errors on US Endpoint for Universal-3.5 Pro Async model

  3. Rejected Sessions on US Endpoint for Universal-3.6 Pro Realtime Model

  4. Increased processing times and errors for Universal-3.5 Pro on the EU async endpoint

  5. Increased turnaround times for Async Universal-3 model

  6. Outage on US Async Endpoint

  7. Elevated turnaround times for async transcription

  8. Increased latency for Universal 3.5 Pro Realtime model

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