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Is Brave Search API down right now?
Live Brave Search API status, checked every minute from Brave Search API's official status page, plus reports from other users.
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Brave Search API uptime and outages
Tracked since Oct 7, 2026. Updated Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC.
Recent Brave Search API problems
- Outage
Brave Translate RU: downtime
Oct 19, 2026, 13:04 UTC · lasted 16 minutes · from Brave Search API's official status page
Where Brave Search API problems are reported
Where people reported Brave Search API problems in the last 24 hours, by country, region and city.
0 in 24 hours0 in the last houras of Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC
Top regions
- No reports in the last 24 hours.
Top cities
- No city has 5 or more reports.
For privacy a city is listed only once 5 or more people there have reported in 24 hours.
Map of user reports in the last 24 hours, not Brave Search API's official outage map. Each report is one visitor to this site saying something is not working, placed by the approximate location of their connection. A region in the list means people there reported problems, not that an outage is confirmed.
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[](https://isitupordown.com/is-brave-search-api-down/)curl https://isitupordown.com/v1/status/brave-search-apiWhat to do if Brave Search API is not working
- Check the status card at the top of this page. If Brave Search API reports an incident, the errors are on their side.
- 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.
- A 429 error means a rate limit or quota, not an outage: check your usage limits and tier, and slow down or batch requests.
- A 401 or 403 error usually means the API key is wrong, revoked or out of credit: check the key and your billing page.
- Check the model name: retired or renamed models return errors that look like an outage.
- Keep a fallback: route to another provider or model while Brave Search API is down (see the alternatives below), or use a router that switches automatically.
Brave Search API outage questions
Is Brave Search API down right now?
The card at the top of this page reads Brave Search API's official status page live, and times Brave Search API's API from our servers every few minutes. If the official page shows an incident, the problem is on Brave Search API's side.
When was Brave Search API last down?
The latest Brave Search API problem we recorded was on Oct 19, 2026, 13:04 UTC and lasted 16 minutes: Brave Translate RU: downtime. There was 1 problem in the last 30 days. The full list is on the Brave Search API outage history page.
Why does Brave Search API return 500, 502 or 503 errors?
These are server-side errors: the request reached Brave Search API 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 Brave Search API 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 Brave Search API account.
What can I use while Brave Search API is down?
Other search, embeddings and data apis include DeepL API, Voyage AI, Jina AI, Exa API, Tavily, Mixedbread. Each has its own status page on this site, so you can check one is working before you switch.
Where is Brave Search API's official status page?
Brave Search API's official status page is https://status.brave.app. We read it live at the top of this page.