Sanity outage: Elevated API and API CDN errors and latency for some customers

Affected components

• api.sanity.io
• apicdn.sanity.io

1. resolvedJan 15, 2026, 13:00 UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

2. monitoringJan 15, 2026, 12:42 UTC

   Mitigations have been applied and error rates have returned to normal. Customers who were seeing intermittent timeouts/errors on write operations and document retrieval should see recovery. We continue monitoring results to ensure stability.

3. investigatingJan 15, 2026, 12:23 UTC

   We are currently investigating an increase in API and API CDN errors and latency impacting a subset of customers. We are actively mitigating impact while working to identify the issue.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in Sanity'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 Sanity have incidents?

Sanity reported 10 incidents in the last 90 days, 3 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 52 min. See Sanity's uptime and incident history