# Expo: Critical incident: Major outage of EAS backend

**Summary:** Expo reported a critical EAS backend outage affecting EAS Build, EAS Hosting, EAS Insights, EAS Submit, EAS Update, EAS Workflows and the Website from 2026-07-08 20:39 UTC to 2026-07-08 21:29 UTC (50 min). Expo implemented a fix at 21:01 UTC and confirmed all services were operational at resolution; no cause was stated. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-07-08 20:39 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/vhfb68p8p08x](https://stspg.io/vhfb68p8p08x)
- [Company: Expo](https://rewindex.com/company/expo.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:185/w2yp3xpvddbc@83dd0e2969e7
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Major outage of EAS backend
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**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ critical
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**3. Added: Status**

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

```diff
+ 2026-07-08 20:39 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-07-08 21:29 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ EAS Build, EAS Hosting, EAS Insights, EAS Submit, EAS Update, EAS Workflows, Expo Application Services - EAS Build, Expo Application Services - EAS Hosting, Expo Application Services - EAS Insights, Expo Application Services - EAS Submit, Expo Application Services - EAS Update, Expo Application Services - EAS Workflows, Website
```

**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-07-08 20:39 UTC

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+ We have detected a major outage of EAS services. We are actively working on resolving the issue.
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**8. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-07-08 21:01 UTC

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+ We implemented a fix. Systems are recovering. We will continue to monitor the situation until fully resolved.
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**9. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-07-08 21:10 UTC

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+ We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
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**10. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-07-08 21:16 UTC

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+ We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
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**11. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-07-08 21:29 UTC

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+ All services are back to operational.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-08 20:39 UTC | Critical incident: Major outage of EAS backend (this change) | outage |

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