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API services unavailable as a downstream effect of the large AWS outage

Partial outage Lasted 8h 50m · started · Superhuman's page

Level
confirmed
Worst impact
Partial outage
Components
Superhuman
Down Index
37of 100

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Updates from Superhuman 8

  1. investigating

    We are seeing errors across our APIs that service our client experience. We're currently investigating root cause.

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  2. investigating

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

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  3. investigating

    We are experiencing downstream effects of a larger third party service provider outage. We are looking at alternatives/workarounds to resolve the issue and get our services back online

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  4. investigating

    - We have created workarounds to get our application back online with our core features like email, reminders and calendar available. - Some features are still unavailable as a result of the third party service provider outage. We are actively working to get all our services and features back online

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  5. investigating

    - We are still looking at solutions to get all our features online for our customers. - Our backend systems are still suffering the impact of the large AWS outage.

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  6. investigating

    Superhuman’s core features are working normally. However, due to downstream impacts from the ongoing AWS outage, some features may show erratic or inconsistent behavior. We are monitoring the situation and will update as AWS restores full stability.

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  7. monitoring

    Superhuman’s core features are working normally. Other features are in the process of recovering. We are monitoring the situation and will update as AWS restores full stability.

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  8. resolved

    We've confirmed that all functionality is operating as expected.

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Questions about DWN-26fd2caa47

Is Superhuman still down?

No, this incident was resolved 2025-10-21 04:01 UTC. For Superhuman's live state, see https://down.guide/superhuman.

How long did it last?

8h 50m, from 2025-10-20 19:11 UTC to 2025-10-21 04:01 UTC, by the times Superhuman posted.

What was affected?

Superhuman named Superhuman.

What caused it?

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

Where does this come from?

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