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Perplexity

Elevated API errors and timeouts

Degraded Lasted 37m · started · Perplexity's page

Level
confirmed
Worst impact
Degraded
Down Index
16of 100

What to do

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Updates from Perplexity 4

  1. investigating

    Users may experience errors or timeouts when making API requests. We are investigating elevated API errors and timeouts.

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  2. monitoring

    The issue causing elevated API errors and timeouts has been mitigated.

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  3. monitoring

    Correction to our previous updates: we do not believe the API was affected by this incident and it remains operational.

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  4. resolved

    The issue affecting the Website, App, and Computer has been resolved. All services are operational. The API remained operational throughout this incident.

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Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about DWN-4b77187947

Is Perplexity still down?

No, this incident was resolved 2026-10-09 23:15 UTC. For Perplexity's live state, see https://down.guide/perplexity.

How long did it last?

37m, from 2026-10-09 22:38 UTC to 2026-10-09 23:15 UTC, by the times Perplexity posted.

What caused it?

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

Where does this come from?

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