Twilio incident: RCS Inbound Events Delayed

Affected components

• RCS Messaging

1. resolvedOct 22, 2026, 05:16 UTC

   RCS inbound events has been resolved and RCS Messaging, is operating normally at this time.

2. identifiedOct 22, 2026, 04:34 UTC

   We have identified the issue of delays with RCS inbound events. We are working toward a fix to restore normal service. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.

3. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 04:30 UTC

   We are investigating an issue with inbound RCS events. Users may experience elevated HTTP 500 and 503 status codes when receiving inbound RCS events. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.

What APIStatus.watch saw

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