# Railway: API and dashboard errors during the October 21 security incident (record added Nov 5)

- Provider: [Railway](https://outages.cc/railway.md)
- Type: Incident
- State: Resolved
- Worst impact: Major outage
- Started: 2026-10-21 07:10 UTC
- Resolved: 2026-10-21 09:40 UTC (lasted 2 h 30 min)
- Components: API — backboard.railway.com, Dashboard — railway.com
- Official update: https://status.railway.com/incident/XNYHAOW9

## Updates from Railway

### resolved, 2026-10-21 09:40 UTC

Resolved. This entry was added on November 5, 2026 to correct the record.

### identified, 2026-10-21 07:10 UTC

Variable reads failed for about a quarter of API operations; the dashboard shares the backend. Record added on November 5, 2026 from the incident review that followed the October 21 security incident. This entry corrects the uptime record; no notification was sent for it.