AssemblyAI outage, 28 October 2026

Real-time STT: 502 errors related to change to temporary tokens

Started
Resolved
28 Oct 2026, 18:53 UTC (after 42 min)
Impact
Minor
Affected
Streaming API

Is this still happening?

No. AssemblyAI marked this incident resolved on 28 Oct 2026, 18:53 UTC, 42 min after it began.

Right now: AssemblyAI reports all systems operational. (as of 28 Oct, 20:56 UTC) Live AssemblyAI status

Last update from AssemblyAI

We have continued to see good performance after the rollback and are now marking this issue as resolved.

28 Oct 2026, 18:53 UTC

Read the full incident on the official AssemblyAI status page

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