Twilio incident
SMS Delivery Delays and Failures From a Subset of Twilio Phone Numbers to Orange Democratic Republic of the Congo
Resolved after 1 hour 22 minutes, affecting SMS, Middle East & Africa, on September 18, 2026.
Twilio customers are still experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures from a subset of Twilio Phone Numbers to Orange network subscribers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our team is actively investigating this issue. We will proceed resolving this post as it is duplicated of this one https://status.twilio.com/incidents/tnhtkwkxbyst.
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Update timeline
- investigating Sep 18, 2026, 09:21 PM UTC
Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures from a subset of Twilio Phone Numbers to Orange network subscribers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our team is actively investigating this issue. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.
- identified Sep 18, 2026, 09:23 PM UTC
Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures from a subset of Twilio Phone Numbers to Orange network subscribers in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our team has identified the cause, and is working to resolve the issue. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.
- identified Sep 18, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC
Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures from a subset of Twilio Phone Numbers to Orange network subscribers in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our team has identified the cause, and is working to resolve the issue. We will provide another update in 2 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.
- resolved Sep 18, 2026, 10:43 PM UTC
Twilio customers are still experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures from a subset of Twilio Phone Numbers to Orange network subscribers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our team is actively investigating this issue. We will proceed resolving this post as it is duplicated of this one https://status.twilio.com/incidents/tnhtkwkxbyst.
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