Skip to main content
AssemblyAI

503 Error when using temp tokens with Realtime API

Degraded Lasted 1h 48m · started · AssemblyAI's page

Level
confirmed
Worst impact
Degraded
Components
Streaming API
Regions
us, us-east-1
Down Index
38of 100

What to do

  • Check whether you use AssemblyAI Streaming API in us, us-east-1. Check your stack

    Paste a package.json, lockfile, Terraform or a list of domains at down.guide/stack to see every provider you depend on.
  • Confirm your retries, queues and scheduled jobs caught up after the 1h 48m it lasted.

    Anything that failed between 2026-08-03 16:08 UTC and 2026-08-03 17:56 UTC may need a replay.
  • Subscribe to AssemblyAI's feed to hear about the next one first. RSS feed

    https://down.guide/feed?provider=assemblyai works in Slack (/feed subscribe), Discord feed bots and any RSS reader.

Updates from AssemblyAI 5

  1. investigating

    We are currently investigating an issue where users on our us-east-1 endpoint are experiencing 503 errors when using temporary tokens with our Realtime API. This began at 4:49pm UTC.

    provider

  2. identified

    Our team has identified the issue and a fix is being released.

    provider

  3. identified

    We are continuing to work on a fix for the issue. The API is stable and the errors subsided at 5:11pm UTC.

    provider

  4. monitoring

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

    provider

  5. resolved

    This incident has been resolved.

    provider

Reports count in aggregate; nothing about you is shown.

Corrections

None so far.

Something wrong on this page? Report an error or send us a note. Every fix is listed here.

Questions about DWN-6a7097a5d0

Is AssemblyAI still down?

No, this incident was resolved 2026-08-03 17:56 UTC. For AssemblyAI's live state, see https://down.guide/assemblyai.

How long did it last?

1h 48m, from 2026-08-03 16:08 UTC to 2026-08-03 17:56 UTC, by the times AssemblyAI posted.

What was affected?

AssemblyAI named Streaming API in us, us-east-1.

What caused it?

AssemblyAI hasn't published a root cause. If it does, it shows here.

Where does this come from?

AssemblyAI's official status page, https://status.assemblyai.com, quoted verbatim. down.guide's own probes, reports and social counts are labeled as ours.