# Increased turnaround times for Async Universal-3 model

- Provider: [AssemblyAI](https://down.guide/assemblyai)
- Level: confirmed
- Impact: Degraded
- lasted 31m
- started 2026-09-28 17:27 UTC
- Asynchronous API
- id: DWN-944435b743
- Official page: https://stspg.io/dmjg9jt8x4dy

## Updates from AssemblyAI
### 2026-09-28 17:27 UTC: identified
We are currently experiencing issues that are resulting in longer-than-usual processing times for Async STT requests using our Universal-3 models. We are working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible and will provide further updates as soon as we can.

### 2026-09-28 17:38 UTC: identified
We are still working to fully resolve the issue, but we are seeing improvement in turnaround times for the Universal-3 Pro models.

### 2026-09-28 17:44 UTC: monitoring
We have continued to work to resolve this issue and are now seeing processing times return to the normal ranges, but we are continuing to monitor to ensure good performance.

### 2026-09-28 17:58 UTC: resolved
Processing times have continued to be in the normal range, so we are now marking this issue as resolved.

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