Major incident

LinkedIn API: LinkedIn API Server Timeout Errors

Current status of LinkedIn API: Operational — live LinkedIn API status

Timeline

1. May 20, 2026, 08:10 UTC
   investigating
   We are currently experiencing an issue across the platform that may cause some API requests to take longer or fail unexpectedly with 500 or 503 status code due to server timeout. We are investigating the issue and working on a resolution.
2. May 20, 2026, 15:31 UTC
   resolved
   The issue causing increased 500 server timeout errors has been resolved since 11:00 UTC and traffic has returned to normal levels.

Updates as published by LinkedIn API (original).