Major service outages
Do major software services stay up?
Contributes to: Is software cheaper and more reliable?. Signal score: 23 / 100. Relative weight within this question: 1.
The data behind this score starts in December 2024, so it misses the first 25 months after ChatGPT launched.
The score divides this count by git pushes. If AI agents are inflating the number of pushes, it can improve even if software is no more reliable.
Observed trend
Rolling 12-month total of incidents at 12 software services, one point per month.
This chart shows counts. The score below adjusts counts for git pushes, so the two can move in opposite directions.
Rolling 12-month total of incidents at 12 software services, one point per month. · 2024-12 – 2026-10
View data table
| Period / observation | Rolling 12-month total of incidents at 12 software services, one point per month. |
|---|---|
| 2024-12 | 1,187 |
| 2025-01 | 1,174 |
| 2025-02 | 1,192 |
| 2025-03 | 1,223 |
| 2025-04 | 1,229 |
| 2025-05 | 1,277 |
| 2025-06 | 1,267 |
| 2025-07 | 1,299 |
| 2025-08 | 1,334 |
| 2025-09 | 1,379 |
| 2025-10 | 1,419 |
| 2025-11 | 1,464 |
| 2025-12 | 1,512 |
| 2026-01 | 1,543 |
| 2026-02 | 1,594 |
| 2026-03 | 1,631 |
| 2026-04 | 1,652 |
| 2026-05 | 1,667 |
| 2026-06 | 1,707 |
| 2026-07 | 1,731 |
| 2026-08 | 1,741 |
| 2026-09 | 1,690 |
| 2026-10 | 1,679 |
What it measures
- Metric
- Incidents at 12 software services, last 12 months
- Solved if
- Major outages become rare and short
- Signal score
- 23 / 100. Per git push: Down 42% since December 2024, when the data starts. How it is scored
- Status rule
- More incidents when these services report more than in the previous 12 months.
Which services are counted
GitHub, Claude, DigitalOcean, Render, Netlify, MongoDB Cloud, Sentry, Discord, Dropbox, Bitbucket, Linode, Zoom.
- AWS is not counted, because its public feed only covers recent incidents. It currently shows 9, going back to Mar 1, 2026.
- Google Cloud is not counted, because its public feed only covers recent incidents. It currently shows 8, going back to Feb 27, 2026.
- Northflank is not counted, because its public feed only covers recent incidents. It currently shows 25, going back to Jun 12, 2025.
- Twilio is not counted, because its roughly 3,500 yearly notices would swamp the total. Railway is not counted, because we found no machine-readable incident history.
- A service that reports more honestly can look worse, so this shows reported incidents, not true reliability.
Update history
The reading on each date we checked, separate from the historical observations above.
| Date | Value | Year over year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 1,679 | +18% | More incidents |
| 2026-11-01 | 1,679 | +18% | More incidents |
Sources
| Source | Role | Measures | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitbucket Status | Scored measurement | Incidents reported by Bitbucket | 2026-10 |
| Claude Status | Scored measurement | Incidents reported by Claude | 2026-10 |
| DigitalOcean Status | Scored measurement | Incidents reported by DigitalOcean | 2026-10 |
| Discord Status | Scored measurement | Incidents reported by Discord | 2026-10 |
| Dropbox Status | Scored measurement | Incidents reported by Dropbox | 2026-10 |
| GitHub Status | Scored measurement | Incidents reported by GitHub | 2026-10 |
| Linode Status | Scored measurement | Incidents reported by Linode | 2026-10 |
| MongoDB Cloud Status | Scored measurement | Incidents reported by MongoDB Cloud | 2026-10 |
| Netlify Status | Scored measurement | Incidents reported by Netlify | 2026-10 |
| Render Status | Scored measurement | Incidents reported by Render | 2026-10 |
| Sentry Status | Scored measurement | Incidents reported by Sentry | 2026-10 |
| Zoom Status | Scored measurement | Incidents reported by Zoom | 2026-10 |