Circle: app.circle.so is down

What to do

Check whether you use Circle Sign-up & Login, REST API, Circle iOS App, Posts & Comments and 11 more. 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 35m it lasted.
Anything that failed between 2026-01-26 15:22 UTC and 2026-01-26 16:57 UTC may need a replay.
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investigatingJan 26, 2026, 3:22 PM UTC
We are currently investigating this issue.
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resolvedJan 26, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC
Due to elevated load on our database, community functionality was down for 25 minutes, followed by 1 hour of degraded performance. The core issue was resolved as of 15:45, and all systems are now operating normally. We’ll continue to monitor performance to ensure ongoing stability.
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Is Circle still down?

No, this incident was resolved 2026-01-26 16:57 UTC. For Circle's live state, see https://down.guide/circle.

How long did it last?

1h 35m, from 2026-01-26 15:22 UTC to 2026-01-26 16:57 UTC, by the times Circle posted.

What was affected?

Circle named Sign-up & Login, REST API, Circle iOS App, Posts & Comments and 11 more.

What caused it?

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

Where does this come from?

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