# Buildkite: Major incident: Elevated API error rates

> Major incident: Elevated API error rates. Detected 2026-11-03 by Rewindex: what changed on Buildkite’s status page, with the before/after diff.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/i5db5153133e7ff
Last updated: 2026-11-03T19:43:45Z

**Summary:** _summary pending_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-11-03 19:40 UTC · Detected: 2026-11-03 19:43 UTC
- [Source: https://www.buildkitestatus.com/incidents/5lqdn0tqmdjc](https://www.buildkitestatus.com/incidents/5lqdn0tqmdjc)
- [Company: Buildkite](https://rewindex.com/company/buildkite.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:178/5lqdn0tqmdjc@a1d9d20566d2
- Change 1 of 4 for this incident

Incident page (full timeline): [Elevated API error rates](https://rewindex.com/company/buildkite/incidents/5lqdn0tqmdjc.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

```diff
+ Elevated API error rates
```

**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ major
```

**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ investigating
```

**4. Added: Start time**

```diff
+ 2026-11-03 19:40 UTC
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**5. Added: Affected components**

```diff
+ Agent API, REST API, REST API - REST API
```

**6. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-11-03 19:40 UTC

```diff
+ We're investigating elevated error rates with our API.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-11-03 19:40 UTC | Major incident: Elevated API error rates (this change) | outage |
| 2026-11-03 20:03 UTC | [Incident updated: Elevated API error rates](https://rewindex.com/change/r39d5ee0edc8c5a.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-03 20:13 UTC | [Incident updated: Elevated API error rates](https://rewindex.com/change/rc997e6ddbdb40d.md) | Normal progress |
| 2026-11-03 20:23 UTC | [Incident silently edited: Elevated API error rates](https://rewindex.com/change/rb15b7938b113ad.md) | Normal progress |

Next: [change](https://rewindex.com/change/r39d5ee0edc8c5a.md) · All Buildkite changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/buildkite/changes.md)
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## Cite this

Major incident: Elevated API error rates on Buildkite’s status page, changed 2026-11-03 19:40 UTC (change 1 of 4).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/change/i5db5153133e7ff
- Citation: Buildkite, “Major incident: Elevated API error rates” (2026-11-03 19:40 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/change/i5db5153133e7ff (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[Buildkite: Major incident: Elevated API error rates (2026-11-03)](https://rewindex.com/change/i5db5153133e7ff)`


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/i5db5153133e7ff · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/change/i5db5153133e7ff.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/changes/i5db5153133e7ff · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-11-04T15:34:03.810Z