Buildkite outage, 20 October 2026

Delayed notifications

Started
Resolved
20 Oct 2026, 21:05 UTC (after 1 h 8 min)
Impact
Minor
Affected
GitHub Commit Status Notifications, Email Notifications, Slack Notifications, Webhook Notifications

Is this still happening?

No. Buildkite marked this incident resolved on 20 Oct 2026, 21:05 UTC, 1 h 8 min after it began.

Right now: Buildkite reports all systems operational. (as of 26 Oct, 03:45 UTC) Live Buildkite status

Last update from Buildkite

Adding additional capacity has resolved the notifications latency.

20 Oct 2026, 21:05 UTC

Read the full incident on the official Buildkite status page

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