- Level
- confirmed
- Worst impact
- Degraded
- Components
- Asynchronous API
- Down Index
- 28of 100
What to do
Check whether you use AssemblyAI Asynchronous API. 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 38m it lasted.
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Updates from AssemblyAI 4
- investigating
We're currently seeing longer than usual processing times for asynchronous transcription requests using Universal-3 Pro and Universal-3.5 Pro. Requests are being accepted and are completing, but time to completion is elevated while our queues work through a backlog.
provider
- identified
We have identified the cause of the elevated processing times affecting pre-recorded transcription requests using Universal-3 Pro and Universal-3.5 Pro. Our engineering team has addressed a capacity constraint and is working to restore full capacity. Processing times will remain elevated while the backlog clears, and some customers may see requests queued or throttled. We will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.
provider
- monitoring
Processing times for pre-recorded transcription requests using Universal-3 Pro and Universal-3.5 Pro are returning to normal ranges and the backlog has largely cleared. We are continuing to monitor to ensure stability.
provider
- resolved
This incident has been resolved. Processing times for pre-recorded transcription requests using Universal-3 Pro and Universal-3.5 Pro have returned to normal ranges and the backlog has cleared.
provider
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Corrections
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Questions about DWN-bb49d3e1ac
Is AssemblyAI still down?
No, this incident was resolved 2026-08-18 20:12 UTC. For AssemblyAI's live state, see https://down.guide/assemblyai.
How long did it last?
38m, from 2026-08-18 19:34 UTC to 2026-08-18 20:12 UTC, by the times AssemblyAI posted.
What was affected?
AssemblyAI named Asynchronous API.
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.