Expo incident: Website and services partially unavailable due to high database load

Affected components

• Dev Tools API
• Push Notifications Broker
• Website

1. resolvedOct 5, 2026, 23:21 UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

2. monitoringOct 5, 2026, 21:15 UTC

   A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

3. investigatingOct 5, 2026, 21:08 UTC

   We're experiencing an elevated level of API errors and are currently looking into the issue.

What APIStatus.watch saw

• Oct 5, 2026, 21:13 UTCoperational → degraded
• Oct 5, 2026, 21:18 UTCdegraded → operational

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How often does Expo have incidents?

Expo reported 29 incidents in the last 90 days, 8 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 2h 22m. See Expo's uptime and incident history