Clerk incident

Elevated API latency

Resolved after 1 hour 58 minutes, affecting Dashboard search and Application "Go live" and 1 more, on August 31, 2026.

resolved Aug 31, 2026, 03:40 PM UTC

API performance has remained stable following mitigation. This incident has been resolved.

Started
Aug 31, 2026, 01:42 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 31, 2026, 03:40 PM UTC
Duration
1h 58m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 31, 2026, 01:42 PM UTC

Affected components

Dashboard searchApplication "Go live"WebhooksEmail DeliverySMS DeliveryEmail deliveryPlatform APIAuthentication & UserMachine authenticationWebhooks

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 31, 2026, 01:55 PM UTC

    We are investigating elevated latency and intermittent timeouts affecting Clerk API requests. Some customers may experience slow responses when loading user and organization data. Our team is actively investigating and will share another update as soon as more information is available.

  2. identified Aug 31, 2026, 02:42 PM UTC

    We identified elevated traffic affecting the Backend API and user-related requests, resulting in increased latency and intermittent failures. Mitigation has been applied, and we are monitoring its effect. We will provide another update as we confirm service stability.

  3. monitoring Aug 31, 2026, 03:22 PM UTC

    Mitigation has been applied and API performance has stabilized. We've deployed additional safeguards and are monitoring to confirm continued stability.

  4. resolved Aug 31, 2026, 03:40 PM UTC

    API performance has remained stable following mitigation. This incident has been resolved.

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