# BNB Smart Chain: Elevated Latency and Intermittent Errors on Archive Requests

- Provider: [Alchemy](https://down.guide/alchemy)
- Level: confirmed
- Impact: Degraded
- lasted 6h 27m
- started 2026-10-22 09:57 UTC
- BNB Smart Chain
- eu
- id: DWN-d8016c176f
- Official page: https://stspg.io/by5k8t1r5lsm

## Updates from Alchemy
### 2026-10-22 09:57 UTC: investigating
We are seeing elevated latency and a small percentage of intermittent 5xx errors on BNB Smart Chain, mainly for archive and trace requests served from our EU region. The issue began around 01:40 UTC on October 22 and has been intermittent since. We are investigating and working to restore normal performance. We will post another update shortly.

### 2026-10-22 16:09 UTC: monitoring
Latency and error rates for BNB Smart Chain have returned to normal since approximately 15:00 UTC. We are continuing to monitor and will resolve this incident once we are confident performance is stable.

### 2026-10-22 16:24 UTC: resolved
This incident has been resolved. Latency and error rates for BNB Smart Chain have remained normal. We will continue to monitor.

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