Major incident
Vercel: New container functions are failing
Aug 20, 2026, 17:46 UTC
started
18:34 UTC
resolved
47 min
duration
Affected: Functions
Current status of Vercel: Operational — live Vercel status
Timeline
- Aug 20, 2026, 17:46 UTCidentifiedWe've identified an issue where newly deployed container functions may return 5XX errors. Customers can use a previously working container function deployment as a temporary mitigation. We are working on a fix and will provide additional updates as they become available.
- Aug 20, 2026, 18:23 UTCmonitoringWe have deployed a fix. Newly deployed container functions are working as expected.
- Aug 20, 2026, 18:34 UTCresolvedThis incident has been resolved.
Updates as published by Vercel (original).
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