# Vercel: Major incident: Elevated Errors Triggering Deployments

**Summary:** Vercel reported a major incident causing elevated errors triggering deployments in Build & Deploy - Builds, Builds, starting at 2026-09-18 20:32 UTC and resolved at 2026-09-18 21:22 UTC; the computed duration was 49 min. A fix was implemented; existing deployments and traffic were unaffected, and no customer action was required. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-09-18 20:32 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/6c79t86c2xrr](https://stspg.io/6c79t86c2xrr)
- [Company: Vercel](https://rewindex.com/company/vercel.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:215/bwkmw4hmrgmk@36dd70d89168
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Elevated Errors Triggering Deployments
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**2. Added: Impact**

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+ major
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**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ resolved
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**4. Added: Start time**

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+ 2026-09-18 20:32 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-09-18 21:22 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ Build & Deploy - Builds, Builds
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**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-09-18 20:32 UTC

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+ We are currently investigating an issue causing increased errors triggering deployments. We'll provide additional updates as they become available.
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**8. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-09-18 20:56 UTC

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+ We are continuing to investigate an issue causing elevated errors triggering deployments. We'll provide additional updates as they become available.
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**9. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-09-18 21:07 UTC

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+ The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
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**10. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-09-18 21:13 UTC

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+ A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
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**11. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-09-18 21:22 UTC

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+ The issue causing elevated errors triggering deployments has been resolved.  Existing deployments and traffic are unaffected and no action is required.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-18 20:32 UTC | Major incident: Elevated Errors Triggering Deployments (this change) | outage |

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