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Runway API outage history
Runway API published 49 incidents on its official status page since Oct 20, 2025, 5 of them rated at the highest impact level. 4 were major or long incidents with their own pages; the biggest are listed first. Below them is every smaller incident, then our own 90 day check history.
Biggest Runway API outages
Ranked by the official impact level, then by how long they lasted. Each has its own page with the cause, the fix time and every official update.
- Oct 20, 2025: Runway is experiencing an outage 2 hours 42 min · rated "Critical"
- Oct 17, 2026: Scheduled Maintenance 2 hours 24 min · rated "Critical"
- Jul 10, 2026: We've identified a problem and are working on a fix 1 hour · rated "Critical"
- May 13, 2026: We've identified a problem and are working on a fix 4 hours 21 min · rated "Major"
Every smaller Runway API incident
Minor and short incidents from the Runway status page, newest first, each with a line from the official updates. Times are UTC.
October 2026
Oct 9, 2026, 22:44 UTC · We've identified a problem and are working on a fix
27 minutes · rated "Major"
"This incident has now been resolved."
Oct 6, 2026, 18:52 UTC · Elevated Seedance moderation errors
1 hour 30 min · marked as no impact
"We've spotted that something has gone wrong. We're currently investigating the issue, and will provide an update soon."
September 2026
Sep 29, 2026, 19:59 UTC · We've identified a problem and are working on a fix
2 hours 21 min · rated "Minor"
"This incident has now been resolved."
August 2026
Aug 28, 2026, 16:07 UTC · Aleph delayed generations
1 hour 24 min · rated "Minor"
"Aleph generations are no longer delayed."
Aug 19, 2026, 17:43 UTC · Gen4.5 Image to Video is Degraded
1 hour · rated "Minor"
"We have resolved the issue."
Aug 19, 2026, 16:57 UTC · Increased ratio of Seedance safety system false positives
1 hour 7 min · rated "Minor"
"We're experiencing an issue with Seedance generations that may lead to an increased number of rejected generations. The team is actively investigating this issue."
Aug 13, 2026, 03:26 UTC · We've identified a problem and are working on a fix
13 minutes · rated "Minor"
"This incident has now been resolved."
July 2026
Jul 8, 2026, 20:39 UTC · Aleph 2.0 delayed generations
23 minutes · marked as no impact
"This incident has now been resolved."
June 2026
Jun 5, 2026, 09:30 UTC · We've identified a problem with Nano Banana generations and are working on a fix
4 hours · rated "Minor"
"This incident has now been resolved."
Jun 4, 2026, 19:36 UTC · Elevated GPT Image Errors
6 minutes · marked as no impact
"We're seeing recovery following a third party fix."
Jun 4, 2026, 08:28 UTC · We are aware of issues affecting video generation with Veo 3.1
5 hours 59 min · rated "Minor"
"The issue affecting Veo 3.1 video generation has been resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience."
Jun 3, 2026, 13:31 UTC · We've identified a problem with generations and are working on a fix
1 hour 31 min · rated "Minor"
"This incident has now been resolved."
Jun 3, 2026, 08:04 UTC · Issues with Seedance and Seedream generations
19 minutes · rated "Major"
"We're seeing an increased error rate across Seedance and Seedream models. We're conducting an investigation and will share an update as soon as we can."
Jun 1, 2026, 21:15 UTC · We've identified an issue with Veo 3.1 generations and are working on fixing it
21 minutes · rated "Minor"
"We're experiencing elevated failure rates for Veo 3.1 generations. We're working on a fix."
May 2026
May 28, 2026, 09:53 UTC · We've identified a problem with Veo 3.1 generations and are working on a fix
39 minutes · rated "Minor"
"We think the impact from the issue is over."
May 27, 2026, 09:36 UTC · We've identified a problem with Seedance and working on a fix
33 minutes · rated "Minor"
"We think the impact from the issue is over."
May 26, 2026, 22:10 UTC · Issues affecting Aleph 2.0 generations
duration not stated · rated "Major"
"We identified and resolved an issue impacting Aleph 2.0 generations. The incident lasted for approximately 2 hours."
May 25, 2026, 12:52 UTC · Issues with GPT Image 2 image generation
30 minutes · rated "Minor"
"The issue affecting GPT Image 2 generations has been resolved. All image generation requests are now processing normally. We apologize for any inconvenience."
May 25, 2026, 12:17 UTC · We are aware of issues affecting video generation with Veo 3.1
2 hours 48 min · rated "Minor"
"Veo 3.1 error rates have returned to normal levels."
May 13, 2026, 08:11 UTC · We've identified a problem and are working on a fix
55 minutes · rated "Minor"
"We think the impact from the issue is over."
May 11, 2026, 09:52 UTC · Seedance 2 and Kling generations are delayed
5 hours 57 min · marked as no impact
"We think the impact from the issue is over."
April 2026
Apr 22, 2026, 20:41 UTC · Issues with Seedance 2.0 generations
1 hour 42 min · rated "Major"
"We've spotted that something has gone wrong. We're currently investigating the issue, and will provide an update soon."
Apr 21, 2026, 20:08 UTC · We have released a fix.
41 minutes · rated "Major"
"We have released a fix, restoring service to Gen4.5."
Apr 14, 2026, 01:21 UTC · We've identified a problem and are working on a fix
2 hours 43 min · rated "Minor"
"This incident has now been resolved."
Apr 13, 2026, 15:43 UTC · We've identified a problem and are working on a fix
1 hour 30 min · rated "Minor"
"This incident has now been resolved."
Apr 3, 2026, 15:31 UTC · We've spotted an issue with the Gemini Nano Banana Pro image model
1 hour 33 min · rated "Minor"
"This incident has now been resolved."
March 2026
Mar 17, 2026, 10:22 UTC · High queue wait times for Gen 4.5 image-to-video
2 hours 20 min · rated "Minor"
"This incident has now been resolved."
February 2026
Feb 26, 2026, 19:42 UTC · Gen3 Alpha Turbo generations are taking longer than normal
14 minutes · rated "Minor"
"This issue has been resolved. Gen3 Alpha Turbo generations queue wait times are normal again."
Feb 25, 2026, 20:41 UTC · We've identified a problem and are working on a fix
42 minutes · rated "Minor"
"This incident has now been resolved."
Feb 25, 2026, 19:43 UTC · We've identified a problem and are working on a fix
33 minutes · rated "Major"
"This incident has now been resolved."
Feb 18, 2026, 14:01 UTC · Issues with Gemini 3 Pro (Nano Banana Pro) generations
5 hours 5 min · rated "Minor"
"We're seeing issues affecting a certain percentage of Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro) generations. We'll provide an update as soon as possible."
Feb 16, 2026, 16:29 UTC · Tasks cannot be created
42 minutes · rated "Critical"
"This incident has now been resolved."
Feb 10, 2026, 13:26 UTC · Issues with Nano Banana Pro generations
2 hours 20 min · rated "Major"
"We've spotted that something has gone wrong. We're currently investigating the issue, and will provide an update soon."
Feb 9, 2026, 15:39 UTC · Issues with Nano Banana Pro generations
2 hours 17 min · rated "Major"
"We're seeing an increased error rate in Nano Banana Pro generations. We will provide an update as soon as the issue is resolved."
Feb 9, 2026, 10:52 UTC · Issues with Gemini 3 Pro (Nano Banana Pro) generations
1 hour 19 min · rated "Major"
"We are no longer seeing high error rates for this model."
January 2026
Jan 28, 2026, 17:33 UTC · Increased error rate in Veo 3 and Veo 3,.1 generations
53 minutes · rated "Major"
"This incident is now resolved."
Jan 21, 2026, 15:53 UTC · Issues with Gemini 3 Pro image generations
2 hours 33 min · rated "Major"
"We've identified issues with Gemini 3 Pro image generations and are working to resolve them. Will provide an update as soon as we have it."
Jan 18, 2026, 10:42 UTC · Increased Gen 4.5 wait times
1 hour 49 min · rated "Minor"
"This incident has now been resolved."
Jan 2, 2026, 06:04 UTC · Video upscale tasks cannot be started
10 hours 52 min · rated "Minor"
"This incident has now been resolved."
December 2025
Dec 23, 2025, 17:06 UTC · Unable to start new tasks
11 minutes · rated "Critical"
"This incident has now been resolved."
Dec 12, 2025, 10:40 UTC · Issues affecting Aleph generations
2 hours 38 min · rated "Major"
"This incident has now been resolved."
Dec 5, 2025, 02:35 UTC · Significant delays in asset generation
1 hour 15 min · rated "Major"
"The issue has been fully resolved and all systems are back to normal operation. We apologize for the disruption."
November 2025
Nov 20, 2025, 11:20 UTC · Intermittent issues with Veo 3.1 generations.
23 hours 5 min · rated "Minor"
"We are seeing issues affecting Veo 3.1 generations where the output is sometimes fully black with no audio. We are investigating this issue and will provide an update as soon as we can."
Nov 12, 2025, 16:20 UTC · Image generation model performance is degraded
3 hours 19 min · rated "Minor"
"Our engineering team is investigating a problem affecting users. We're aware of the problem and are working towards a solution. We will provide an update soon."
October 2025
Oct 20, 2025, 21:14 UTC · We've identified a problem and are working on a fix
2 hours 18 min · rated "Major"
"This incident has now been resolved."
Runway API uptime, last 90 days
Tracked since Oct 7, 2026. Updated Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC.
Every Runway API problem in the last 90 days
- Maintenance
Scheduled Maintenance
Oct 17, 2026, 19:05 UTC · lasted 16 minutes · from Runway API's official status page
Day by day
| Day (UTC) | Uptime | Avg response | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | 100% | 224 ms | Up |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 100% | 427 ms | Up |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 100% | 407 ms | Up |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 100% | 409 ms | Up |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 100% | 411 ms | Up |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 100% | 431 ms | Maintenance |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 100% | 643 ms | Up |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 100% | 682 ms | |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 100% | 669 ms | |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 100% | 657 ms | Up |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 100% | 680 ms | |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 100% | 573 ms | Up |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 100% | 388 ms | Up |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 100% | 302 ms | Up |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 100% | 323 ms | Up |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 100% | 409 ms | Up |
Runway API outage questions
Was Runway API down today?
No. We recorded no Runway API outage, degraded period or maintenance today (Oct 22, 2026, UTC).
Was Runway API down yesterday?
No. We recorded no Runway API outage, degraded period or maintenance yesterday (Oct 21, 2026, UTC).
When was Runway API last down?
The latest problem was on Oct 17, 2026, 19:05 UTC and lasted 16 minutes: Scheduled Maintenance.
What was the biggest Runway API outage?
Of the incidents on record since Oct 20, 2025, the biggest was on Oct 20, 2025: Runway is experiencing an outage. The Runway status page rated it "Critical" and it lasted 2 hours 42 min.
How often does Runway API go down?
Runway API's status page posted 49 incidents since Oct 20, 2025, 4 of them in the last 30 days. Most incidents affect part of the service, not all of it. Uptime from our own checks over the last 90 days: 100%.
Times are UTC. Official incidents are the company's own posts, quoted from the Runway status page. Problem periods start when the official status page or our checks first show a problem and end when the service is next found working, so durations are accurate to within a few minutes. Recent outages across all services.