Plaid incident: python SDK degraded on Identity Verification APIs

1. resolvedAug 1, 2026, 02:56 UTC

   A fix is deployed. This incident has been resolved.

2. identifiedAug 1, 2026, 01:34 UTC

   We've identified and issue causing degraded performance for our Python SDK (v33.0.0 and later) when retrieving Identity Verification results. We are deploying a fix.

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