Sanity incident: Elevated error rates on our API CDN

Affected components

• apicdn.sanity.io

1. resolvedJan 5, 2026, 14:43 UTC

   The issue was related to a higher than expected load which has been resolved. All operations are back to normal and we'll continue to monitor our systems closely.

2. monitoringJan 5, 2026, 14:26 UTC

   We've mitigated the original issue and are no longer seeing elevated error rates. We're continuing to monitor and while we investigate the root cause.

3. investigatingJan 5, 2026, 14:05 UTC

   Beginning around 13:40 UTC we began experiencing elevated error rates on our API CDN in certain regions. As a result, some requests may respond with a 5xx status. We're investigating the issue now.

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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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