GitBook outage: Degraded API performance

1. resolvedMar 27, 2026, 18:47 UTC

   Indicators are pointing to a healthy state now after the fix. Everything should be operating well.

2. monitoringMar 27, 2026, 16:48 UTC

   We have issued the root-cause fix and are monitoring the results.

3. monitoringMar 27, 2026, 14:55 UTC

   We have identified the issue and have mitigated it. We are currently monitoring the API and working on a root-cause fix.

4. investigatingMar 27, 2026, 14:43 UTC

   We are currently experiencing a degradation in API performance causing various endpoints to hang.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in GitBook's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.

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