Major incident
Sanity: Sanity MCP Server Unavailability
May 1, 2026, 12:00 UTC
started
13:19 UTC
resolved
1 h 19 min
duration
Affected: MCP Server
Current status of Sanity: Operational — live Sanity status
Timeline
- May 1, 2026, 12:00 UTCinvestigatingOur MCP server (mcp.sanity.io) is currently inoperative, returning 500 errors and impacting access via tools like Claude and Cursor. We are working to restore functionality.
- May 1, 2026, 12:46 UTCidentifiedWe are implementing a fix that should resolve the issue.
- May 1, 2026, 12:48 UTCidentifiedWe’ve identified the issue affecting the MCP server (mcp.sanity.io) and are actively working on a fix. We’ll share another update as soon as we have more information.
- May 1, 2026, 12:49 UTCidentifiedWe are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
- May 1, 2026, 13:08 UTCidentifiedWe are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
- May 1, 2026, 13:11 UTCmonitoringA fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- May 1, 2026, 13:19 UTCresolvedThis incident has been resolved.
Updates as published by Sanity (original).
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