Buildkite outage history and status
Is Buildkite down right now?
No
All Systems Operational Official status as of Oct 26, 2026, 16:17 UTC (refreshing…)
Open incidents
99.52%
uptime, 90 days
28
incidents, 90 days
1 h 06 min
median time to fix
Oct 24, 2026
last incident
Buildkite components
Third Party Services
- AWS ec2-us-east-1 Operational
- AWS elasticache-us-east-1 Operational
- AWS elb-us-east-1 Operational
- AWS rds-us-east-1 Operational
SCM Providers
- GitHub Operational
- GitHub API Requests Operational
- GitHub Webhooks Operational
- Atlassian Bitbucket SSH Operational
- Atlassian Bitbucket Website and API Operational
- Atlassian Bitbucket Git via HTTPS Operational
Notifications
- GitHub Commit Status Notifications Operational
- Email Notifications Operational
- Slack Notifications Operational
- Webhook Notifications Operational
Hosted Agents
- Hosted Agents Operational
- MacOS Operational
- Linux (ARM64) Operational
- Linux (AMD64) Operational
- Windows (AMD64) Operational
REST API
- REST API Operational
- Remote MCP Server Operational
Package Registries
- Web Operational
- Package Managers - API Operational
- Rest API Operational
- Web Operational
- Agent API Operational
- Job Queue Operational
- SCM Integrations Operational
- Docs Operational
Test Engine
- Web Operational
- Ingestion Operational
- REST API Operational
Buildkite outage history
| Started (UTC) | Incident | Impact | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2026, 23:40 UTC | Elevated error rates REST API, Web, Agent API, Remote MCP Server, Job Queue | No impact | <1 min |
| Oct 22, 2026, 16:51 UTC | Delays with Hosted Agents jobs Hosted Agents | Minor | 46 min |
| Oct 20, 2026, 22:13 UTC | Buildkite response to the eMudhra certificate compromise | No impact | 24 h 25 min |
| Oct 20, 2026, 19:57 UTC | Delayed notifications GitHub Commit Status Notifications, Email Notifications, Slack Notifications, Webhook Notifications | Minor | 1 h 08 min |
| Oct 19, 2026, 15:45 UTC | Delayed Hosted Agents instance creation | Minor | <1 min |
| Oct 6, 2026, 18:19 UTC | Degraded checkout performance with Hosted Agents Hosted Agents | Minor | 5 h 40 min |
| Oct 1, 2026, 06:10 UTC | Small number of incoming GitHub Webhook failing GitHub Webhooks | Minor | 47 min |
| Sep 30, 2026, 06:30 UTC | macOS hosted agent jobs not starting | Major | — |
| Sep 30, 2026, 01:03 UTC | Delayed notifications GitHub Commit Status Notifications, Email Notifications, Slack Notifications, Webhook Notifications | Minor | 1 h 29 min |
| Sep 22, 2026, 20:07 UTC | Issues with webhook ingestion, GraphQL queries | Major | 42 min |
| Sep 21, 2026, 23:47 UTC | AWS us-east-1 outage | No impact | 45 min |
| Sep 21, 2026, 22:35 UTC | Increased latency and error rates Agent API | Minor | 1 h 10 min |
| Sep 9, 2026, 19:07 UTC | Buildkite service disruption REST API, Web, Agent API, Job Queue | Major | 6 h 47 min |
| Sep 4, 2026, 01:42 UTC | Hosted Agents - Increased latency and error rates Hosted Agents, MacOS, Linux (ARM64), Linux (AMD64) | Minor | 57 min |
| Sep 3, 2026, 06:00 UTC | Scheduling delay for hosted agents Hosted Agents | Minor | 1 h 06 min |
| Sep 2, 2026, 14:45 UTC | Delays in Hosted Agents job dispatch Hosted Agents, MacOS, Linux (ARM64), Linux (AMD64) | Major | 1 h 05 min |
| Sep 1, 2026, 15:32 UTC | Delivery issues with email notifications Email Notifications | Minor | 1 h 20 min |
| Aug 27, 2026, 10:56 UTC | Test Engine ingestion delayed, catching up Ingestion | Minor | 51 min |
| Aug 26, 2026, 01:42 UTC | Issues identified with buildkite-agent registration Agent API | Minor | 1 h 31 min |
| Aug 25, 2026, 22:55 UTC | Buildkite service disruption REST API, Web, GitHub Commit Status Notifications, Email Notifications, Agent API, Remote MCP Server | Major | 1 h 23 min |
| Aug 25, 2026, 06:41 UTC | Unexpected agent disconnection for some customers Agent API | Minor | 1 h 35 min |
| Aug 17, 2026, 00:46 UTC | Buildkite service disruption Hosted Agents | Minor | 1 h 57 min |
| Aug 13, 2026, 15:41 UTC | Slow web UI Web, Web | Minor | 59 min |
| Aug 12, 2026, 02:44 UTC | Buildkite service disruption Agent API | Minor | 1 h 25 min |
| Aug 10, 2026, 23:00 UTC | Slow web UI Web, Web | Minor | 3 h 03 min |
52 incidents in our archive since April 8, 2026.
When and where Buildkite fails
By weekday
Most incidents start on Wed.
- Mon8
- Tue11
- Wed14
- Thu11
- Fri6
- Sat1
- Sun1
Most affected, last 12 months
- Agent API12
- Email Notifications11
- Webhook Notifications11
- GitHub Commit Status Notifications10
- Slack Notifications10
- Hosted Agents7
- Ingestion7
- REST API6
When Buildkite went down with others
- Oct 22, 2026, 11:56 UTC 57 services reported incidents within the hour
- Sep 9, 2026, 18:35 UTC 12 services reported incidents within the hour
- Sep 2, 2026, 13:44 UTC 41 services reported incidents within the hour
- Sep 1, 2026, 13:31 UTC 74 services reported incidents within the hour
- Aug 13, 2026, 14:45 UTC 12 services reported incidents within the hour
Other developer tools services
FAQ
- Is Buildkite down right now?
- At our last check Buildkite's official status page reported: All Systems Operational. This page refreshes the status every few minutes.
- How often does Buildkite go down?
- Buildkite reported 28 incidents in the last 90 days (6 major or critical), with 623 minutes of major outage: 99.52% uptime.
- When was the last Buildkite outage?
- The latest reported incident started on Oct 24, 2026, 23:40 UTC: "Elevated error rates", resolved after <1 min.
- How long do Buildkite outages last?
- Half of Buildkite's incidents in the last 90 days were resolved within 1 h 06 min.
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