Twilio outage, 27 October 2026
SMS Delivery Delays and Failures between a Subset of Twilio Long Codes and Multiple Networks in South Africa
- Started
- Resolved
- 27 Oct 2026, 05:17 UTC (after 3 h 43 min)
- Impact
- Minor
- Affected
- SMS, Middle East & Africa
Is this still happening?
No. Twilio marked this incident resolved on 27 Oct 2026, 05:17 UTC, 3 h 43 min after it began.
Right now: Twilio reports degraded performance on some systems. (as of 27 Oct, 05:39 UTC) Live Twilio status
Last update from Twilio
The incident has been resolved and SMS delivery between a subset of Twilio Long Codes and network subscribers on affected networks in South Africa is operating normally.
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