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Is Black Forest Labs down right now?

Live Black Forest Labs status, checked every minute from Black Forest Labs's official status page, plus reports from other users.

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Black Forest Labs is up

All Systems Operational

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Black Forest Labs uptime and outages

Tracked since Oct 7, 2026. Updated Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC.

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Uptime100%
Avg response240 ms
Problems, 30 days2
Last problemOct 19, 2026
90 days agoUp Degraded Down No dataToday

Recent Black Forest Labs problems

  • Maintenance

    Service Under Maintenance

    Oct 19, 2026, 06:15 UTC · lasted 4 hours · from Black Forest Labs's official status page

  • Maintenance

    API (api.bfl.ai): under maintenance

    Oct 7, 2026, 22:03 UTC · lasted 24 hours 4 min · from Black Forest Labs's official status page

Recent Black Forest Labs incidents

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From Black Forest Labs's official status page. Major and long incidents have their own page with the cause and fix time.

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What to do if Black Forest Labs is not working

  1. Check the status card at the top of this page. If Black Forest Labs reports an incident, the errors are on their side.
  2. Retry failed requests with exponential backoff (for example 1, 2, 4, 8 seconds, with some random jitter). Short 500, 502, 503 and 529 errors often clear within minutes.
  3. A 429 error means a rate limit or quota, not an outage: check your usage limits and tier, and slow down or batch requests.
  4. A 401 or 403 error usually means the API key is wrong, revoked or out of credit: check the key and your billing page.
  5. Check the model name: retired or renamed models return errors that look like an outage.
  6. Keep a fallback: route to another provider or model while Black Forest Labs is down (see the alternatives below), or use a router that switches automatically.

Black Forest Labs outage questions

Is Black Forest Labs down right now?

The card at the top of this page reads Black Forest Labs's official status page live, and times Black Forest Labs's API from our servers every few minutes. If the official page shows an incident, the problem is on Black Forest Labs's side.

When was Black Forest Labs last down?

The latest Black Forest Labs problem we recorded was on Oct 19, 2026, 06:15 UTC and lasted 4 hours: Service Under Maintenance. There were 2 problems in the last 30 days. The full list is on the Black Forest Labs outage history page.

Why does Black Forest Labs return 500, 502 or 503 errors?

These are server-side errors: the request reached Black Forest Labs but it could not answer. They usually come in bursts during incidents or heavy load. Retry with exponential backoff, and check the status above.

What does a 429 error from Black Forest Labs mean?

429 means too many requests: you hit a rate limit or a usage quota. It is not an outage. Slow down, batch requests, or raise your limit in your Black Forest Labs account.

What can I use while Black Forest Labs is down?

Other image and video apis include Stability AI API, Ideogram API, Leonardo AI, Runway API, Luma AI API, fal.ai. Each has its own status page on this site, so you can check one is working before you switch.

Where is Black Forest Labs's official status page?

Black Forest Labs's official status page is https://status.bfl.ml. We read it live at the top of this page.

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