# AI API outages on October 1, 2026 (UTC)

Measured every 5 minutes from 4 regions. An outage is attributed to a provider only when it failed from 2+ regions at once and no other provider failed in the same minutes.

## Was the Gemini API (Google) down on October 1, 2026?

Yes, measured. 2 outage(s) attributed to Google: requests to gemini-flash-lite-latest failed from up to 2 of 4 regions at once while no other provider was failing, first at 11:25 UTC, at least 24 minutes observed in total.

| UTC | What failed | Regions | Duration (lower bound) | Failed probes | Verdict |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11:25-11:37 | requests to gemini-flash-lite-latest | eu-hetzner sa-east | >=12 min | 2 | provider_outage |
| 14:05-14:17 | requests to gemini-flash-lite-latest | eu-hetzner sa-east | >=12 min | 2 | provider_outage |
| 18:06-18:37 | requests to gemini-flash-lite-latest | eu-hetzner us-central | >=30 min | 4 | unattributed |

Live status now: https://llmlatency.dev/provider/google

## Was the SambaNova API down on October 1, 2026?

Yes, measured. 2 outage(s) attributed to SambaNova: host probes failed from up to 3 of 4 regions at once while no other provider was failing, first at 21:35 UTC, at least 14 minutes observed in total. SambaNova's status page lists nothing that day.

| UTC | What failed | Regions | Duration (lower bound) | Failed probes | Verdict |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 21:35-21:37 | host probes | eu-hetzner sa-east | >=2 min | 2 | provider_outage |
| 22:05-22:16 | host probes | eu-hetzner sa-east us-central | >=12 min | 4 | provider_outage |

Live status now: https://llmlatency.dev/provider/sambanova

## Was the yi-01ai API down on October 1, 2026?

Yes, measured. 1 outage(s) attributed to yi-01ai: host probes failed from up to 2 of 4 regions at once while no other provider was failing, first at 13:18 UTC, at least 4 minutes observed in total.

| UTC | What failed | Regions | Duration (lower bound) | Failed probes | Verdict |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13:18-13:22 | host probes | ap-tokyo eu-hetzner | >=4 min | 2 | provider_outage |

Live status now: https://llmlatency.dev/provider/yi-01ai

## Was the Claude API (Anthropic) down on October 1, 2026?

Not by our measurements. No failure of Anthropic was seen from two or more regions at once. Anthropic's own status page opened 1 entry that day (self-reported, listed below).
- self-reported 16:20 UTC: Delayed credits on the Claude Platform (minor)

Live status now: https://llmlatency.dev/provider/anthropic

## Was the OpenAI API down on October 1, 2026?

Not by our measurements. No failure of OpenAI was seen from two or more regions at once. OpenAI's own status page opened 1 entry that day (self-reported, listed below).
- self-reported 18:46 UTC: Issues with login, signup, and ads (major)

Live status now: https://llmlatency.dev/provider/openai

## Was the doubao API down on October 1, 2026?

Not attributably. 3 multi-region failure(s) of doubao coincided with failures of other providers, so the cause sat above doubao and is not blamed on it.

| UTC | What failed | Regions | Duration (lower bound) | Failed probes | Verdict |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03:40-03:40 | host probes | ap-tokyo sa-east | <5 min | 2 | unattributed |
| 04:40-04:55 | host probes | sa-east us-central | >=15 min | 3 | unattributed |
| 15:51-15:52 | host probes | eu-hetzner us-central | <5 min | 2 | unattributed |

Live status now: https://llmlatency.dev/provider/doubao

## Was the stepfun API down on October 1, 2026?

Not attributably. 1 multi-region failure(s) of stepfun coincided with failures of other providers, so the cause sat above stepfun and is not blamed on it.

| UTC | What failed | Regions | Duration (lower bound) | Failed probes | Verdict |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17:38-17:40 | host probes | ap-tokyo sa-east | >=2 min | 2 | unattributed |

Live status now: https://llmlatency.dev/provider/stepfun

Source: https://llmlatency.dev/incidents/2026-10-01 · CC BY 4.0