Minor incident

Twilio: SMS Delivery Delays from Twilio to Airtel Nigeria

Affected: SMS, Middle East & Africa

Current status of Twilio: Minor issues — live Twilio status

Timeline

1. Oct 25, 2026, 09:11 UTC
   investigating
   Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays from Twilio to Airtel network subscribers in Nigeria. Our team is actively investigating this issue. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.
2. Oct 25, 2026, 09:32 UTC
   identified
   Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays from Twilio to Airtel network subscribers in Nigeria. Our team has identified the cause, and is working to resolve the issue. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.
3. Oct 25, 2026, 10:38 UTC
   identified
   Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays from Twilio to Airtel network subscribers in Nigeria. Our team has identified the cause, and is working to resolve the issue. We will provide another update in 2 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.
4. Oct 25, 2026, 12:43 UTC
   identified
   Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays from Twilio to Airtel network subscribers in Nigeria. Our team has identified the cause, and is working to resolve the issue. We will provide another update in 4 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.
5. Oct 25, 2026, 16:43 UTC
   identified
   Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays from Twilio to Airtel network subscribers in Nigeria. Our team has identified the cause, and is working to resolve the issue. We will provide another update in 8 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.
6. Oct 25, 2026, 18:20 UTC
   monitoring
   We have observed a recovery in SMS delivery from Twilio to Airtel network subscribers in Nigeria and are monitoring service stability. We will provide another update in 2 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.
7. Oct 25, 2026, 19:03 UTC
   resolved
   The incident has been resolved and SMS delivery from Twilio to Airtel network subscribers in Nigeria is operating normally.

Updates as published by Twilio (original).