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API and dashboard errors during the October 21 security incident (record added Nov 5)

Partial outage Lasted 3h 30m · started · Railway's page

Level
confirmed
Worst impact
Partial outage
Components
API - backboard.railway.com, Dashboard - railway.com
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What to do

  • Check whether you use Railway API - backboard.railway.com, Dashboard - railway.com. Check your stack

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  • Confirm your retries, queues and scheduled jobs caught up after the 3h 30m it lasted.

    Anything that failed between 2026-10-21 12:45 UTC and 2026-10-21 16:15 UTC may need a replay.
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Updates from Railway 2

  1. identified

    The regions query failed, affecting the API and the dashboard. Record added on November 5, 2026 from the incident review that followed the October 21 security incident. This entry corrects the uptime record; no notification was sent for it.

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  2. resolved

    Resolved. This entry was added on November 5, 2026 to correct the record.

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Corrections

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Questions about DWN-5ff7ce5202

Is Railway still down?

No, this incident was resolved 2026-10-21 16:15 UTC. For Railway's live state, see https://down.guide/railway.

How long did it last?

3h 30m, from 2026-10-21 12:45 UTC to 2026-10-21 16:15 UTC, by the times Railway posted.

What was affected?

Railway named API - backboard.railway.com, Dashboard - railway.com.

What caused it?

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

Where does this come from?

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