# Elevated HTTP 500 errors serving sites and the Netlify UI

- Provider: [Netlify](https://down.guide/providers/netlify)
- Confidence: Confirmed
- Impact: Major outage
- lasted 0m
- started 2026-08-18 20:00 UTC
- Netlify states the impact was 2026-08-18 20:02 to 20:08 UTC (6m)
- id: DWN-3b204c1cfd
- Official page: https://stspg.io/g35dcsj2m62f

## Updates from Netlify
### 2026-08-18 20:00 UTC: resolved
On August 18 between 20:02 and 20:08 UTC, some visitors to Netlify-hosted sites and people using the Netlify dashboard received error pages instead of the content they requested. Normal service was restored at 20:08 UTC. We apologize for the disruption

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