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Vercel partial outage on Oct 12, 2026: what happened

On Oct 12, 2026, the Vercel status page reported "Increased build and deployment failures". About 6 hours 36 min: from Oct 12, 2026, 13:35 UTC to Oct 12, 2026, 20:11 UTC, by the official start and resolution times.

Started

Oct 12, 2026, 13:35 UTC

Resolved

Oct 12, 2026, 20:11 UTC

Duration

6 hours 36 min

Official impact

Major

Affected

Builds, Git Integrations, CI/CD - Git Integrations, Build & Deploy - Builds

Source

Increased build and deployment failures on the Vercel status page

The Vercel status page rated the impact "Major": a partial outage. Some parts or some users were affected; it was not a complete outage.

What caused the Vercel partial outage?

"Due to an upstream incident at GitHub (https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/93njd414rpbx), some builds and deployments for GitHub-connected projects are still failing."

From the Vercel status page, Oct 12, 2026, 16:10 UTC.

When was it fixed?

The Vercel status page marked it resolved at Oct 12, 2026, 20:11 UTC, 6 hours 36 min after it started. A fix was in place and being monitored from Oct 12, 2026, 19:56 UTC.

Timeline of official updates

Every update the Vercel status page posted, oldest first. Times are UTC.

1. Oct 12, 2026, 13:35 UTC investigating

   We've identified an issue where some customers may experience build failures or deployments that fail to start. We are investigating this issue. We will provide additional updates as they become available.

2. Oct 12, 2026, 14:08 UTC identified

   We have identified the issue and are working on a fix. We will provide additional updates as they become available.

3. Oct 12, 2026, 14:57 UTC identified

   Build and deployment failure rates have decreased, but some builds remain queued and are taking longer to start. We are continuing to work on a fix. We will provide additional updates as they become available.

4. Oct 12, 2026, 16:10 UTC identified

   We are continuing to work on a fix. Due to an upstream incident at GitHub (https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/93njd414rpbx), some builds and deployments for GitHub-connected projects are still failing. We will provide additional updates as they become available.

5. Oct 12, 2026, 18:33 UTC identified

   Deployment events, such as updating the deployment status on pull requests, are delayed and the backlog is being processed. We will provide additional updates as they become available.

6. Oct 12, 2026, 19:56 UTC monitoring

   The backlog of deployment events has been processed. We will continue to monitor and provide additional updates as they become available.

7. Oct 12, 2026, 20:11 UTC resolved

   This incident has been resolved.

What our checks saw

• Our once-a-minute checks recorded Vercel as degraded from Oct 12, 2026, 18:29 UTC to 20:21 UTC (1 hour 52 min, read from the official status page).

Vercel partial outage questions

Other recent Vercel incidents

• Delays in Drains, Observability, and Workflow in Washington (iad1) Oct 10, 2026, 00:15 UTC, 1 hour 21 min
• Vercel Auth login failures for pages with Deployment Protection enabled Oct 6, 2026, 16:10 UTC, 16 minutes
• Elevated Sandbox error rates in Paris (cdg1) Oct 6, 2026, 09:12 UTC, 25 minutes
• Build failures and 500 errors for functions using Edge runtime Sep 28, 2026, 13:44 UTC, 27 minutes
• Deployment stuck in initializing state Sep 18, 2026, 21:36 UTC, 55 minutes
• Elevated Errors Triggering Deployments Sep 18, 2026, 20:32 UTC, 50 minutes

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Quotes are the Vercel status page's own words, from the official incident. Is It Up or Down is independent and not affiliated with Vercel. Times are UTC.