# Perplexity: Elevated API errors and timeouts

- Provider: [Perplexity](https://outages.cc/perplexity.md)
- Type: Incident
- State: Resolved
- Worst impact: Degraded performance
- Started: 2026-10-09 22:38 UTC
- Resolved: 2026-10-09 23:15 UTC (lasted 37 min)
- Official update: https://status.perplexity.com

## Updates from Perplexity

### resolved, 2026-10-09 23:15 UTC

The issue affecting the Website, App, and Computer has been resolved. All services are operational. The API remained operational throughout this incident.

### monitoring, 2026-10-09 23:10 UTC

Correction to our previous updates: we do not believe the API was affected by this incident and it remains operational.

### monitoring, 2026-10-09 23:01 UTC

The issue causing elevated API errors and timeouts has been mitigated.

### investigating, 2026-10-09 22:38 UTC

Users may experience errors or timeouts when making API requests. We are investigating elevated API errors and timeouts.