Degraded
Perplexity API outage on October 9, 2026: what happened and how long it lasted
On October 9, 2026, Perplexity had degraded performance between 22:38 and 23:15 UTC, about 37 min in total. The vendor posted 1 incident.
Timeline (UTC)
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Elevated API errors and timeouts
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Elevated API errors and timeouts
Hourly measurements (UTC)
00:0012:0023:00
Was Perplexity API down on October 9, 2026?
On October 9, 2026, Perplexity had degraded performance between 22:38 and 23:15 UTC, about 37 min in total. The vendor posted 1 incident.
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