CircleCI outage: Delays in pipelines, workflows, UI data, and notifications

Affected components

• Notifications & Status Updates
• Pipelines & Workflows

1. identifiedOct 6, 2026, 16:42 UTC

   As of 16:39 UTC, we are starting to see recovery for new pipelines and workflows being submitted, and jobs are beginning to run again. Our engineers are continuing to work on the recovery and will share more information as soon as we have it.

2. identifiedOct 6, 2026, 16:31 UTC

   As of 16:02 UTC, pipelines are failing entirely, so no new workflows or jobs are running at this point. This is in addition to the delays and failed jobs reported earlier. Our engineers are continuing to work on mitigating the issue, and we will share more information as soon as we have it.

3. investigatingOct 6, 2026, 16:10 UTC

   Since 15:47 UTC, customers may also see failed jobs, in addition to the delays previously reported. Our engineers are continuing to investigate and mitigate the issue.

4. investigatingOct 6, 2026, 16:00 UTC

   What's impacted Customers using CircleCI pipelines and workflows, including UI data display, outbound notifications, and outbound webhooks. What can you expect Delays in pipelines being created and in workflows and jobs starting. Job, workflow, and pipeline data may take up to 15 minutes to appear in the UI. Outbound notifications and webhooks are delayed by up to 1 minute. Next update We will provide another update within 30 minutes or as we have more information to share.

What APIStatus.watch saw

• Oct 6, 2026, 16:03 UTCoperational → degraded

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How often does CircleCI have incidents?

CircleCI reported 23 incidents in the last 90 days, 2 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 1h 38m. See CircleCI's uptime and incident history