Twilio outage, 23 October 2026

SMS Delivery Failures from Twilio to Multiple Networks in South Africa

Started
Resolved
24 Oct 2026, 05:56 UTC (after 10 h 9 min)
Impact
Minor
Affected
SMS, Middle East & Africa

Is this still happening?

No. Twilio marked this incident resolved on 24 Oct 2026, 05:56 UTC, 10 h 9 min after it began.

Right now: Twilio reports degraded performance on some systems. (as of 26 Oct, 03:49 UTC) Live Twilio status

Last update from Twilio

The incident has been resolved and SMS delivery from Twilio to affected networks in South Africa is operating normally.

24 Oct 2026, 05:56 UTC

Read the full incident on the official Twilio status page

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