Vercel incident: Elevated latency in VCR, Blob, and Sandbox API

Affected components

• Blob
• Sandbox

1. resolvedSep 4, 2026, 20:27 UTC

   Blob has fully recovered. This incident has been resolved.

2. monitoringSep 4, 2026, 20:19 UTC

   Elevated latency has recovered for VCR and Sandbox. We are continuing to investigate elevated latency affecting Blob and will provide another update shortly.

3. monitoringSep 4, 2026, 20:05 UTC

   The fix has been rolled out and we are seeing signs of recovery.

4. identifiedSep 4, 2026, 19:55 UTC

   The fix is currently being rolled out. We'll provide another update once the rollout is complete and we're beginning to see signs of recovery.

5. identifiedSep 4, 2026, 19:33 UTC

   We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

6. identifiedSep 4, 2026, 19:33 UTC

   The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

7. investigatingSep 4, 2026, 19:11 UTC

   We've identified an issue where some customers may experience increased latency for API requests to VCR, Blob, and Sandbox. We are currently investigating this issue. We will provide additional updates as they become available.

What APIStatus.watch saw

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

Vercel reported 24 incidents in the last 90 days, 10 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 59 min. See Vercel's uptime and incident history