Vercel outage: Delays in Drains, Observability, and Workflow in Washington (iad1)

Affected components

• Drains
• Logs
• Observability
• Queues
• Workflow

1. resolvedOct 10, 2026, 01:37 UTC

   All services have recovered.

2. monitoringOct 10, 2026, 01:12 UTC

   Delayed Drains deliveries, Observability data, and Build logs have been processed now. We are continuing to monitor and we will provide additional updates as they become available.

3. identifiedOct 10, 2026, 00:35 UTC

   A fix has been implemented and delivery has resumed. Delayed Drains deliveries and Observability data are being processed. We are continuing to monitor.

4. investigatingOct 10, 2026, 00:15 UTC

   We've identified an issue where some customers may experience delayed drain delivery, delayed logs, metrics, and traces, and Workflow runs that remain pending in Washington (iad1). We are investigating this issue. We will provide additional updates as they become available.

What APIStatus.watch saw

• Oct 10, 2026, 00:17 UTCoperational → degraded
• Oct 10, 2026, 01:37 UTCdegraded → operational

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How often does Vercel have incidents?

Vercel reported 24 incidents in the last 90 days, 12 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 55 min. See Vercel's uptime and incident history