# Intermittent USPS API Outage on multiple API

- Provider: [Shippo](https://down.guide/shippo)
- Level: confirmed
- Impact: Major outage
- lasted 1h 10m
- started 2026-04-02 19:09 UTC
- USPS
- id: DWN-399d4a9491
- Official page: https://stspg.io/z4b3h09mzx6f

## Updates from Shippo
### 2026-04-02 19:09 UTC: investigating
We are currently experiencing issues with USPS affecting multiple USPS APIs. USPS has acknowledged the issue and their support teams are actively investigating.
We are closely monitoring the situation and will provide updates as soon as more information becomes available.

### 2026-04-02 19:18 UTC: investigating
We are continuing to investigate this issue.

### 2026-04-02 19:46 UTC: monitoring
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

### 2026-04-02 19:50 UTC: monitoring
USPS integration is currently degraded. Customers using standalone tracking may experience delayed tracking updates, and international label generation is also degraded.
We are actively monitoring the issue and will keep you posted with any further updates.

### 2026-04-02 20:19 UTC: resolved
This incident has been resolved.

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