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Perplexity incident: Investigating increased API latency

Perplexity reported this minor-impact incident on its official status page on Aug 24, 2026, 23:39 UTC. It has since been resolved.

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Aug 24, 2026, 23:39 UTC
started
May 7, 2025, 05:31 UTC
resolved
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Timeline

updates from Perplexity's status page ↗
  1. resolvedMay 7, 2025, 05:31 UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

  2. monitoringMay 7, 2025, 04:31 UTC

    We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result.

  3. investigatingMay 7, 2025, 03:43 UTC

    We are currently investigating this incident.

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Perplexity incident on Aug 24, 2026: Investigating increased API latency · APIStatus.watch