Vercel Outage History

Vercel reported delays in updating DNS records for domains using Vercel Nameservers, including new domains acquired through Vercel, domains that recently switched to Vercel Nameservers, and new DNS records added to domains already using Vercel's Nameservers. DNS propagation could be slowed for affected sites and configurations during the incident. The DNS component entered a degraded state at Sep 16, 2025 7:06 PM UTC and remained until Sep 17, 2025 10:01 AM UTC when the service returned to normal, following two official updates.

During the incident, Vercel issued two status updates; the DNS service was degraded for about 14 hours and 55 minutes before returning to normal.

Vercel experienced a partial outage tied to Edge Config, affecting Edge Functions and Edge Middleware. During the incident, users may have encountered elevated errors on edge routes and requests processed by middleware. The issue was first investigated at Sep 5, 2025 5:39 PM UTC and the status page listed a partial outage at Sep 5, 2025 5:41 PM UTC. The outage lasted about 57 minutes, with service restored by Sep 5, 2025 6:36 PM UTC.

Two official status updates were published during the incident to communicate progress. Edge Functions and Edge Middleware returned to normal operation after remediation.

Vercel experienced a brief degradation in its user registration service, with signup attempts failing for some users and others taking longer than usual. Existing user logins were not affected, and no other parts of the platform were reported as impacted.

The outage began at Sep 3, 2025 10:56 AM UTC and was resolved by 11:51 AM UTC, lasting about 55 minutes. The provider issued two status updates during the incident, describing an ongoing investigation and eventual recovery, with the signup service returning to normal after the event.

Vercel experienced an outage in its Secure Compute builds service that prevented builds from starting and disrupted deployment workflows for affected users. The issue affected two components: Secure Compute / Builds and Build & Deploy / Builds. The outage began at Aug 26, 2025 3:46 PM UTC and was resolved by Aug 26, 2025 5:11 PM UTC, lasting about 1 hour and 25 minutes. Status page updates indicated initial investigation around Aug 26, 2025 3:44 PM UTC, escalation to a full outage by Aug 26, 2025 4:06 PM UTC, and restoration by Aug 26, 2025 5:11 PM UTC. The provider issued 3 status updates during the incident.

Vercel reported degraded performance in the npm Registry within the Build & Deploy pipeline, causing npm package installs to timeout for some users and potentially leading to failed builds. The incident affected the Build & Deploy / npm Registry component. The outage began at 7:06 PM UTC and was resolved by 8:01 PM UTC, lasting approximately 55 minutes. The status page provided updates as the situation evolved, reflecting the degraded performance and subsequent restoration.

Vercel users attempting to create deployments from GitLab commits encountered errors. Existing deployments and live traffic were not affected. The outage began at Aug 21, 2025 11:26 AM UTC and was resolved by Aug 21, 2025 2:26 PM UTC. The Build & Deploy / Builds component was affected and Vercel posted 2 status updates during the incident.

Vercel experienced an outage that affected deployments and the Dashboard, with intermittent deployment failures and elevated latency in the dashboard UI. The incident began at 5:24 PM UTC and was resolved by 5:46 PM UTC. The status page indicated investigation followed by updates as the service returned to normal, with the issue centered on the Dashboard component and deployment workflows.

Vercel experienced a brief disruption affecting the Build & Deploy / Builds component, with an elevated error rate that prevented or slowed builds for a portion of users. The incident began with an investigation at Aug 6, 2025 9:16 PM UTC and the status page moved to a degraded state at Aug 6, 2025 9:21 PM UTC. The issue appeared limited to the Builds component and did not affect other parts of the platform. The outage lasted about 25 minutes, with builds returning to normal after Aug 6, 2025 9:46 PM UTC.

Vercel experienced a minor outage affecting access to Documentation, Guides, and Support Forms, with two dashboard-related components briefly degraded. The incident began at 1:11 PM UTC and was resolved by 2:31 PM UTC, lasting roughly 1 hour and 20 minutes. The provider issued 3 status updates during the event, describing the initial investigation, the ongoing outage, and eventual restoration. The affected components were Dashboard / Dashboard and Dashboard / Support Center.

Vercel experienced a partial disruption affecting deployments via the GitLab integration. The issue impacted GitLab authentication and deployment workflows, primarily within the Build & Deploy / Builds component, causing authentication and deployment failures for GitLab-based workflows. The status page indicated the team was investigating the problem.