In May 2026, StatusGator detected 854 Early Warning Signals across SaaS, cloud, developer, and infrastructure services. Of those incidents, 695 were never acknowledged by providers, while 159 were eventually confirmed on official status pages.
Throughout the month, StatusGator’s Early Warning Signals continued to surface emerging outages before many providers published updates, giving teams valuable time to investigate and respond. Notable examples included Shopify’s product and admin page outage, which StatusGator detected 19 minutes earlier than the official acknowledgment, and Microsoft Fabric’s service outage, where Early Warning Signals surfaced the incident 37 minutes before the provider update.
Top outages in May 2026
Shopify – May 22
Issue summary: Product and admin pages not loading.
StatusGator detected: May 22, 2026 10:20 UTC (18 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 22, 2026 10:38 UTC
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Microsoft Fabric – May 18
Issue summary: Service outage.
StatusGator detected: May 18, 2026 14:00 UTC (37 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 18, 2026 14:37 UTC
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Slack – May 14
Issue summary: Unable to send messages with screenshot attachments.
StatusGator detected: May 14, 2026 14:21 UTC (17 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 14, 2026 14:38 UTC
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Other May incidents
Zoho – May 29
Issue summary: Zoho Mail service unavailable.
StatusGator detected: May 29, 2026 14:04 UTC (1 hour 42 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 29, 2026 15:46 UTC
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Pear Deck – May 29
Issue summary: Pear Deck add-on not loading in PowerPoint.
StatusGator detected: May 29, 2026 14:02 UTC (37 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 29, 2026 14:39 UTC
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Patreon – May 26
Issue summary: Website displaying 500 error messages.
StatusGator detected: May 26, 2026 20:55 UTC (5 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 26, 2026 21:00 UTC
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Discord – May 22
Issue summary: Messaging and app loading issues.
StatusGator detected: May 22, 2026 01:26 UTC (29 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 22, 2026 01:55 UTC
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OpenAI – May 21
Issue summary: Error messages when sending or receiving messages in ChatGPT.
StatusGator detected: May 21, 2026 19:41 UTC (40 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 21, 2026 20:21 UTC
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Apple – May 15
Issue summary: Apple Cash and Apple Pay payment transfers not working.
StatusGator detected: May 15, 2026 23:52 UTC (15 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 16, 2026 00:07 UTC
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Bitbucket – May 14
Issue summary: Service outage.
StatusGator detected: May 14, 2026 04:42 UTC (24 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 14, 2026 05:06 UTC
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NWEA – May 12
Issue summary: Slow loading and access issues affecting test sessions and questions.
StatusGator detected: May 12, 2026 16:01 UTC (1 hour 16 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 12, 2026 17:17 UTC
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Notion – May 12
Issue summary: Database loading issues.
StatusGator detected: May 12, 2026 01:07 UTC (14 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 12, 2026 01:21 UTC
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Etsy – May 10
Issue summary: Website and app not loading properly.
StatusGator detected: May 10, 2026 21:24 UTC (23 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 10, 2026 21:47 UTC
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Claude – May 8
Issue summary: File upload and download issues.
StatusGator detected: May 8, 2026 15:19 UTC (1 hour 42 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 8, 2026 17:01 UTC
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Blackbaud – May 7
Issue summary: Service not loading or saving changes.
StatusGator detected: May 7, 2026 17:35 UTC (16 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 7, 2026 17:51 UTC
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PandaDoc – May 6
Issue summary: Service not loading due to internal server issues.
StatusGator detected: May 6, 2026 18:51 UTC (36 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 6, 2026 19:27 UTC
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Klaviyo – May 5
Issue summary: Login page not loading.
StatusGator detected: May 5, 2026 21:14 UTC (10 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 5, 2026 21:24 UTC
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Udemy – May 5
Issue summary: Service outage due to upstream connection errors.
StatusGator detected: May 5, 2026 11:49 UTC (34 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 5, 2026 12:23 UTC
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Jira Software – May 2
Issue summary: Tickets not loading or displaying.
StatusGator detected: May 2, 2026 00:27 UTC (28 minutes earlier)
Acknowledged by provider: Yes, at May 2, 2026 00:55 UTC
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How Early Warning Signals help teams respond faster
Official status pages remain an important source of information during outages, but they often lag behind real user impact. By monitoring a broad range of signals across the internet, StatusGator’s Early Warning Signals can identify emerging incidents minutes or even hours before providers publish updates.
For IT teams, developers, support organizations, and operations teams, those extra minutes can make a meaningful difference in troubleshooting, stakeholder communication, and incident response.
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