LaunchDarkly incident: Elevated errors on server-side SDK streaming connections

Affected components

• SDKs

1. resolvedAug 7, 2026, 20:15 UTC

   SDKs restored to operational

2. investigatingAug 7, 2026, 20:12 UTC

   We are continuing to investigate this issue.

3. investigatingAug 7, 2026, 19:56 UTC

   We released several mitigations and we're noticing that error rates are dropping. We'll continue to monitor the situation.

4. investigatingAug 7, 2026, 19:29 UTC

   We are investigating elevated HTTP 500 errors affecting some server-side SDK streaming connections in our US commercial environment. Affected applications may fail to establish or may intermittently lose their streaming connection to LaunchDarkly.

What APIStatus.watch saw

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

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How often does LaunchDarkly have incidents?

LaunchDarkly reported 15 incidents in the last 90 days, 2 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 1h 19m. See LaunchDarkly's uptime and incident history