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1Password outage: Login and Sync Issues

1Password reported this critical-impact incident on its official status page on Apr 27, 2026, 14:54 UTC. It was resolved after 1d 3h.

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Apr 27, 2026, 14:54 UTC
started
Apr 28, 2026, 18:00 UTC
resolved
1d 3h
duration
Critical
impact

Affected components

  • 1Password Connect
  • 1Password.com website
  • Access to passwords and other items
  • Admin console
  • Billing
  • Command Line Interface (CLI)
  • Events API and Reporting
  • Item Sharing
  • Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Partnership API
  • SSO (Single Sign On)
  • Saving password and other items
  • Service Accounts
  • Sign in
  • Sign up
  • Syncing items between your devices
  • User & Group Provisioning
  1. postmortemMay 12, 2026, 15:38 UTC

    # Incident Postmortem - Login and Sync Issues **Date of Incident:** 2026-04-27 **Time of Incident \(UTC\):** 14:15 - 15:41 **Service\(s\) Affected:** All web APIs **Impact Duration:** Approximately 86 minutes ## Summary On April 27, 2026, [1Password.com](http://1password.com/) experienced a period of elevated error and full service unavailability in our USA/Global region. A defect deployed in application scaling logic caused a cascading failure during peak usage. This resulted in a period of service unavailability for customers in the USA/Global region. This was not a security incident, and there was no loss of data. ## Impact on Customers * **Sign-in and account access:** Customers in the USA/Global region experienced errors or were unable to sign in or access their 1Password accounts between approximately 14:15 and 15:41 UTC on April 27, 2026. * **All 1Password clients:** The disruption applied to all client types, including the web app, CLI, browser extensions, and deskt

  2. resolvedApr 28, 2026, 18:00 UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

  3. monitoringApr 27, 2026, 17:09 UTC

    Traffic levels have returned to normal and service performance has stabilized. We are continuing to monitor to ensure full recovery.

  4. monitoringApr 27, 2026, 15:41 UTC

    Service has largely recovered, and we are continuing to monitor the situation closely. Some customers may still experience intermittent issues with login and syncing, including via CLI.

  5. identifiedApr 27, 2026, 15:22 UTC

    We are seeing signs of recovery for the issue causing errors and increased latency across our services. Some customers may still experience intermittent failures or delays when logging in and syncing, including via CLI. Our teams continue to monitor the situation closely.

  6. investigatingApr 27, 2026, 15:08 UTC

    Our teams continue to investigate an issue causing errors and increased latency across our services. Customers may experience failures or delays when logging in and syncing, including via CLI. We are actively working to identify the root cause and will provide further updates as more information becomes available.

  7. investigatingApr 27, 2026, 14:54 UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue causing errors and increased latency across our services. Customers may experience failures or delays when logging in and syncing, including via CLI.

What APIStatus.watch saw

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1Password outage on Apr 27, 2026: Login and Sync Issues · APIStatus.watch