# Apollo GraphQL: Major incident: Embedded Explorer and Embedded Sandbox temporarily down

**Summary:** Apollo GraphQL’s Embedded Explorer and Embedded Sandbox were down in a major-impact incident from 2026-08-05 09:43 UTC to 2026-08-05 10:08 UTC, lasting 25 min. Apollo identified the issue, deployed a fix, and confirmed resolution; no cause was stated. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-08-05 09:43 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://status.apollographql.com/incidents/01KZ8MWW1QD6NAAZ3NBARDKK4K](https://status.apollographql.com/incidents/01KZ8MWW1QD6NAAZ3NBARDKK4K)
- [Company: Apollo GraphQL](https://rewindex.com/company/apollo-graphql.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:175/01KZ8MWW1QD6NAAZ3NBARDKK4K@aca95ae476e1
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Embedded Explorer and Embedded Sandbox temporarily down
```

**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**

```diff
+ 2026-08-05 09:43 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

```diff
+ 2026-08-05 10:08 UTC
```

**6. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-08-05 09:43 UTC

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+ Embedded Explorer and Embedded Sandbox are temporarily down. The issue has been identified and a fix is being deployed.
```

**7. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-08-05 10:08 UTC

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+ The issue has been fixed.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-05 09:43 UTC | Major incident: Embedded Explorer and Embedded Sandbox temporarily down (this change) | outage |

All Apollo GraphQL changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/apollo-graphql/changes.md)
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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/id72d54533ae11c · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/change/id72d54533ae11c.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/changes/id72d54533ae11c · Generated 2026-10-18T02:28:31.529Z