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Intercom incident: Inbox experience degraded performance

Intercom reported this minor-impact incident on its official status page on Aug 3, 2026, 14:22 UTC. It was resolved after 5h 42m.

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Aug 3, 2026, 14:22 UTC
started
Aug 3, 2026, 20:03 UTC
resolved
5h 42m
duration
Minor
impact
  1. resolvedAug 3, 2026, 20:03 UTC

    Between 13:35 UTC and 15:53 UTC customers experienced degraded search performance in the Inbox. Intermittently during the initial period of the investigation, some customers experienced conversations that failed to load in the Inbox. This issue should now be resolved and all services are restored to normal functionality. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to [email protected] if you have any further questions or if you’re still seeing any unexpected behaviour

  2. monitoringAug 3, 2026, 16:18 UTC

    We have implemented a fix and are monitoring for recovery. We’ll let you know when we are confident in our recovery.

  3. investigatingAug 3, 2026, 15:17 UTC

    We believe we have identified the root cause and are currently working through mitigation steps. Please be assured that we are still working to mitigate this issue and will update here as soon as  we have more information.

  4. investigatingAug 3, 2026, 14:22 UTC

    We're seeing issues with Intercom. Our team is aware and investigating the issue. We’ll update you here as soon as we have more specific information.

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Intercom incident on Aug 3, 2026: Inbox experience degraded performance · APIStatus.watch