Olark Outage History

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Pingoru has recorded 50 incidents for Olark: 13 in the last 12 months and 1 in the last 90 days.

Source: status.olark.com

50incidents recorded
13last 12 months
1last 90 days
2 hourstypical duration
Incidents per month
012AprMayJunJulAugSepOct0
Share of hours with an open incident, any severity
0%50%100%AprMayJunJulAugSepOct0%
Pingoru began tracking Olark in April 2026, so earlier months are not shown. Hover a bar for its value.
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MonthIncidentsHours with an open incident
April 202614 of 720 (1%)
May 202615 of 744 (1%)
June 202600 of 720 (0%)
July 202600 of 744 (0%)
August 202612 of 744 (0%)
September 202600 of 720 (0%)
October 202600 of 514 (0%)

Incidents, newest first

Major August 5, 2026 Bot and chat interruption 1h 58m Operator messages, Visitor messages, Olark Bots

Started Aug 05, 2026, 09:02 PM UTC· resolved Aug 05, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC

  1. investigating Aug 05, 2026, 09:02 PM UTC

    We've detected an issue with bot responses and are investigating. We'll update here as we know more.

  2. investigating Aug 05, 2026, 09:10 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. identified Aug 05, 2026, 09:57 PM UTC

    We've identified the cause of the issue and are implementing a fix now.

  4. monitoring Aug 05, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC

    System have recovered. We're monitoring closely but are confident that chat and bot services are now behaving as expected.

  5. resolved Aug 05, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical May 16, 2026 Incident Alerted 4h 37m chat.olark.com

Started May 16, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC· resolved May 16, 2026, 04:09 PM UTC

  1. investigating May 16, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC

    We've detected an issue and are working to resolve this quickly regarding users being unable to login to https://chat.olark.com. We'll have an update within the hour.

  2. investigating May 16, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. monitoring May 16, 2026, 03:43 PM UTC

    An upstream provider made a change that caused authentication to fail on our classic chat console (chat.olark.com). We have made a change that circumvents the problem and you should now be able to log in.

  4. resolved May 16, 2026, 04:09 PM UTC

    The issue regarding users being unable to login to https://chat.olark.com has been resolved.

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Minor March 26, 2026 Bots and Ai issues 1h 24m Olark Bots

Started Mar 26, 2026, 06:23 PM UTC· resolved Mar 26, 2026, 07:47 PM UTC

  1. investigating Mar 26, 2026, 06:23 PM UTC

    We're currently investigating reports that chatbots and Ai are failing to reply to chats as expected. We'll update here as we know more.

  2. monitoring Mar 26, 2026, 07:36 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. resolved Mar 26, 2026, 07:47 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice February 12, 2026 Degraded bot performance 2h 33m Olark Bots

Started Feb 12, 2026, 03:29 PM UTC· resolved Feb 12, 2026, 06:03 PM UTC

  1. identified Feb 12, 2026, 03:29 PM UTC

    Bot performance may be degraded due to a provider outage. Bots may fail to provide stock answers in response to visitor questions at this time.

  2. resolved Feb 12, 2026, 06:03 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice November 12, 2025 Email Phishing Alert: Fake “Important Security Enhancement” Messages –

Started Nov 12, 2025, 04:00 PM UTC· resolved Nov 12, 2025, 04:00 PM UTC

  1. resolved Nov 12, 2025, 07:35 PM UTC

    At approximately 8:10 AM Pacific Time, we identified unauthorized activity within our email service. Scammers gained access to our outbound email system and sent phishing messages with the subject line “Important Security Enhancement.” These emails were not sent by Olark and are not related to any legitimate Olark communications. We have taken immediate action to secure our email systems and block the unauthorized messages. Our investigation confirms that no customer data or account information was accessed, exposed, or misused. The issue was limited to the sending of fraudulent emails. If you received one of these messages, please do not click any links or download attachments. You can safely delete the email. For any concerns or to verify an Olark communication, contact us directly at [email protected].

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Minor October 27, 2025 Issues with Message Delivery 1h 52m Operator messages, Visitor messages

Started Oct 27, 2025, 06:38 PM UTC· resolved Oct 27, 2025, 08:30 PM UTC

  1. identified Oct 27, 2025, 06:38 PM UTC

    We've detected and are working to resolve issues with message delivery. We'll update here as soon as we know more.

  2. monitoring Oct 27, 2025, 06:49 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. monitoring Oct 27, 2025, 06:49 PM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  4. resolved Oct 27, 2025, 08:30 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor June 23, 2025 Investigating reports of laggy performance in app.olark.com 9d Modern Olark Agent Console (app.olark.com)

Started Jun 23, 2025, 06:45 PM UTC· resolved Jul 02, 2025, 06:51 PM UTC

  1. investigating Jun 23, 2025, 06:45 PM UTC

    We're currently investigating reports of lag and slowness in chats on app.olark.com. We'll update here as we know more.

  2. identified Jun 23, 2025, 08:51 PM UTC

    The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

  3. monitoring Jun 24, 2025, 04:26 AM UTC

    Systems are returning to normal - we're monitoring recovery closely and will continue to update here.

  4. identified Jun 24, 2025, 03:09 PM UTC

    Mitigations put in place yesterday have not sustained improvement - agents are seeing laggy performance today. We're taking additional measures and will update here as things change.

  5. monitoring Jun 25, 2025, 09:29 PM UTC

    Performance has returned to normal, our team is actively monitoring for any further capacity improvements.

  6. resolved Jul 02, 2025, 06:51 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor May 9, 2025 Network instability 12h 13m chat.olark.com, Modern Olark Agent Console (app.olark.com)

Started May 09, 2025, 03:31 PM UTC· resolved May 10, 2025, 03:44 AM UTC

  1. investigating May 09, 2025, 03:31 PM UTC

    We're investigating reports of agent disconnects and trouble re-connecting. We believe this to be related to network provider instability and will update here as soon as we know more.

  2. investigating May 09, 2025, 09:38 PM UTC

    We're continuing to investigate the cause of today's agent connection issues. We'll update here as we know more.

  3. monitoring May 09, 2025, 10:36 PM UTC

    We believe we've recovered from the instability issues but are continuing to monitor closely.

  4. resolved May 10, 2025, 03:44 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor February 27, 2025 Degraded Bot Performance 1h 34m Olark Bots

Started Feb 27, 2025, 12:12 AM UTC· resolved Feb 27, 2025, 01:46 AM UTC

  1. identified Feb 27, 2025, 12:12 AM UTC

    We're experiencing degraded performance from an AI provider that may be affecting the performance of Olark bots. We'll continue to monitor and provide updates as we have them.

  2. identified Feb 27, 2025, 01:46 AM UTC

    We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

  3. resolved Feb 27, 2025, 01:46 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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