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Is Cartesia down right now?

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

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Cartesia uptime and outages

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

Full outage history →
Uptime100%
Avg response240 ms
Problems, 30 days2
Last problemOct 22, 2026
90 days agoUp Degraded Down No dataToday

Recent Cartesia problems

  • Degraded

    Partial System Degradation

    Oct 22, 2026, 03:15 UTC · lasted 16 minutes · from Cartesia's official status page

  • Outage

    Major System Outage

    Oct 15, 2026, 22:38 UTC · lasted 13 minutes · from Cartesia's official status page

Recent Cartesia incidents

Biggest outages and full history →

From Cartesia'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 Cartesia is not working

  1. Check the status card at the top of this page. If Cartesia 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 Cartesia is down (see the alternatives below), or use a router that switches automatically.

Cartesia outage questions

Is Cartesia down right now?

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

When was Cartesia last down?

The latest Cartesia problem we recorded was on Oct 22, 2026, 03:15 UTC and lasted 16 minutes: Partial System Degradation. There were 2 problems in the last 30 days. The full list is on the Cartesia outage history page.

Why does Cartesia return 500, 502 or 503 errors?

These are server-side errors: the request reached Cartesia 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 Cartesia 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 Cartesia account.

What can I use while Cartesia is down?

Other voice and speech apis include ElevenLabs, Deepgram, AssemblyAI, Speechmatics, Rev AI, Gladia. Each has its own status page on this site, so you can check one is working before you switch.

Where is Cartesia's official status page?

Cartesia's official status page is https://status.cartesia.ai. We read it live at the top of this page.

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