FormAssembly experienced a notice incident on October 17, 2026 affecting FormAssembly.com, lasting 1d 23h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Oct 17, 2026, 07:08 PM UTC
We are investigating increased reports of spam hitting a small segment of forms. Some customers may be seeing unwanted spam responses on their forms. In the meantime, you can reduce spam on your forms by turning on spam protection. Learn more: https://help.formassembly.com/help/preventing-spam-responses” We will share an update as soon as we have more information.
- investigating Oct 18, 2026, 09:37 PM UTC
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
- monitoring Oct 19, 2026, 03:09 PM UTC
We've applied a block that has significantly reduced this traffic. We're continuing to monitor and refine the block.If you see unexpected responses in your account, you can safely delete them. If you need help, contact Support.
- resolved Oct 19, 2026, 06:37 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved. We identified the source of the automated traffic and put protective measures in place on October 17; submission volume has since returned to normal across all affected environments. We are continuing to monitor for any recurrence — if you see a new wave of unexpected submissions, please contact Support. As an added layer of protection, we recommend enabling the anti-spam features available in your form settings. See Preventing Spam Responses for details, or reach out to Support if you’d like help applying them.