Changes / Vercel / Increased build and deployment failures
Vercel: Major incident: Increased build and deployment failures
Summary
Vercel reported a major incident affecting builds and deployments from 2026-10-12 13:35 UTC to 2026-10-12 20:11 UTC, lasting 6 h 36 min. An upstream GitHub incident caused some GitHub-connected projects’ builds and deployments to fail; deployment-status updates on pull requests were also delayed. The event backlog was processed, and the incident was resolved.
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What changed
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After: Increased build and deployment failures
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After: major
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After: resolved
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After: 2026-10-12 13:35 UTC
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After: 2026-10-12 20:11 UTC
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After: Build & Deploy - Builds, Builds, CI/CD - Git Integrations, Git Integrations
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After: We've identified an issue where some customers may experience build failures or deployments that fail to start. We are investigating this issue. We will provide additional updates as they become available.
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After: We have identified the issue and are working on a fix. We will provide additional updates as they become available.
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After: Build and deployment failure rates have decreased, but some builds remain queued and are taking longer to start. We are continuing to work on a fix. We will provide additional updates as they become available.
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After: We are continuing to work on a fix. Due to an upstream incident at GitHub (https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/93njd414rpbx), some builds and deployments for GitHub-connected projects are still failing. We will provide additional updates as they become available.
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After: Deployment events, such as updating the deployment status on pull requests, are delayed and the backlog is being processed. We will provide additional updates as they become available.
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After: The backlog of deployment events has been processed. We will continue to monitor and provide additional updates as they become available.
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After: This incident has been resolved.
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History of this incident
| When (UTC) | Change | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Major incident: Increased build and deployment failures (this change) Vercel reported a major incident affecting builds and deployments from 2026-10-12 13:35 UTC to 2026-10-12 20:11 UTC, lasting 6 h 36 min. An upstream GitHub incident caused some GitHub-connected projects’ builds and deployments to fail; deployment-status updates on pull requests were also delayed. The event backlog was processed, and the incident was resolved. | Major incident |