Socure incident

RETROACTIVE: [SEV3] - eCBSV API Outage Resulting in 5xx Errors

Resolved after 20 minutes, affecting eCBSV and eCBSV, on October 18, 2026.

resolved Oct 18, 2026, 07:33 PM UTC

SSA experienced a service-impacting event that affected multiple applications and services, including the Electronic Consent Based Social Security Number Verification (eCBSV) service. A small number of transactions were affected as the disruption began at approximately 2:50PM (ET) on October 18, 2026, and was resolved at approximately 3:10PM (ET). Service has been restored, and eCBSV is operating normally at this time.

Started
Oct 18, 2026, 06:50 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 18, 2026, 07:10 PM UTC
Duration
20m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 18, 2026, 06:50 PM UTC

Affected components

eCBSVeCBSV

Update timeline

  1. resolved Oct 18, 2026, 07:33 PM UTC

    SSA experienced a service-impacting event that affected multiple applications and services, including the Electronic Consent Based Social Security Number Verification (eCBSV) service. A small number of transactions were affected as the disruption began at approximately 2:50PM (ET) on October 18, 2026, and was resolved at approximately 3:10PM (ET). Service has been restored, and eCBSV is operating normally at this time.

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