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SMS Delivery Delays and Failures between a Subset of Twilio Long Codes and Multiple Networks in South Africa

Degraded Lasted 3h 43m · started · Twilio's page

Level
confirmed
Worst impact
Degraded
Components
SMS, Middle East & Africa
Regions
me

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Updates from Twilio 5

  1. investigating

    Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays between a subset of Twilio Long Codes and multiple networks in South Africa. Our team is actively investigating this issue. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.

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  2. identified

    Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures between a subset of Twilio Long Codes and network subscribers on multiple networks in South Africa. Our team has identified the cause, and is working to resolve the issue. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.

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  3. identified

    Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures between a subset of Twilio Long Codes and network subscribers on multiple networks in South Africa. Our team has identified the cause, and is working to resolve the issue. We will provide another update in 2 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.

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  4. monitoring

    We have observed a recovery in SMS delivery between a subset of Twilio Long Codes and network subscribers on multiple networks in South Africa and are monitoring service stability. We will provide another update in 2 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.

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  5. resolved

    The incident has been resolved and SMS delivery between a subset of Twilio Long Codes and network subscribers on affected networks in South Africa is operating normally.

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Questions about DWN-7c9887ab7d

Is Twilio still down?

No, this incident was resolved 2026-10-27 05:17 UTC. For Twilio's live state, see https://down.guide/twilio.

How long did it last?

3h 43m, from 2026-10-27 01:34 UTC to 2026-10-27 05:17 UTC, by the times Twilio posted.

What was affected?

Twilio named SMS, Middle East & Africa in me.

What caused it?

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

Where does this come from?

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