# API and dashboard errors during the October 21 security incident (record added Nov 5)

- Provider: [Railway](https://down.guide/providers/railway)
- Confidence: Confirmed
- Impact: Partial outage
- lasted 2h 30m
- started 2026-10-21 07:10 UTC
- API - backboard.railway.com, Dashboard - railway.com
- id: DWN-80e8825141
- Official page: https://status.railway.com/incident/XNYHAOW9

## Updates from Railway
### 2026-10-21 07:10 UTC: identified
Variable reads failed for about a quarter of API operations; the dashboard shares the backend. Record added on November 5, 2026 from the incident review that followed the October 21 security incident. This entry corrects the uptime record; no notification was sent for it.

### 2026-10-21 09:40 UTC: resolved
Resolved. This entry was added on November 5, 2026 to correct the record.

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