# USPS Shipment service outage

- Provider: [Shippo](https://down.guide/shippo)
- Level: confirmed
- Impact: Degraded
- lasted 2h 51m
- started 2026-08-11 13:55 UTC
- USPS
- id: DWN-f57e3987ed
- Official page: https://stspg.io/p4mm8qjz1c2f

## Updates from Shippo
### 2026-08-11 13:55 UTC: investigating
We are experiencing elevated error rate on USPS Shipment API and it is affecting Rating service. We have reached out to the carrier and are actively monitoring the status of these issues. We will provide further updates soon.

### 2026-08-11 14:50 UTC: monitoring
Error rates has decreased. We're still waiting on an update from USPS, and we'll keep monitoring and update here as we know more.

### 2026-08-11 16:46 UTC: resolved
This incident has been resolved.

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