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Is Exa API down right now?
Live Exa API status, checked every minute from Exa API's official status page, plus reports from other users.
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Exa API uptime and outages
Tracked since Oct 7, 2026. Updated Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC.
Recent Exa API problems
No outages, degraded periods or maintenance recorded since Oct 7, 2026.
Where Exa API problems are reported
Where people reported Exa 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 Exa 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-exa-down/)curl https://isitupordown.com/v1/status/exaWhat to do if Exa API is not working
- Check the status card at the top of this page. If Exa 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 Exa API is down (see the alternatives below), or use a router that switches automatically.
Exa API outage questions
Is Exa API down right now?
The card at the top of this page reads Exa API's official status page live, and times Exa API's API from our servers every few minutes. If the official page shows an incident, the problem is on Exa API's side.
When was Exa API last down?
We have not recorded an Exa API outage or degraded period since we started tracking it on Oct 7, 2026. Its uptime and the full history are on the Exa API outage history page.
Why does Exa API return 500, 502 or 503 errors?
These are server-side errors: the request reached Exa 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 Exa 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 Exa API account.
What can I use while Exa API is down?
Other search, embeddings and data apis include DeepL API, Voyage AI, Jina AI, Tavily, Brave Search API, Mixedbread. Each has its own status page on this site, so you can check one is working before you switch.
Where is Exa API's official status page?
Exa API's official status page is https://status.exa.ai. We read it live at the top of this page.