Shippo incident: USPS Service Degradation

Affected components

• USPS

1. resolvedOct 16, 2026, 03:01 UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

2. investigatingOct 16, 2026, 02:35 UTC

   Hi Team, we are currently observing an elevated error rate on USPS's Transaction API. Label generation for International, Military, and U.S. Territory shipments will be unavailable; domestic label generation is not impacted. We have reached out to USPS and are actively monitoring the situation. We will provide a further update as soon as we receive one from the carrier.

What APIStatus.watch saw

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How often does Shippo have incidents?

Shippo reported 87 incidents in the last 90 days, 58 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 2h 14m. See Shippo's uptime and incident history