# AssemblyAI: 503 Error when using temp tokens with Realtime API

- Impact (vendor’s label): minor
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-08-03 16:08 UTC · Resolved: 2026-08-03 17:56 UTC · Duration: 1.8 h
- Updates: 5 · Affected components: APIs - Streaming API, Streaming API
- [Vendor status page: https://stspg.io/jq2gy2b1w4zx](https://stspg.io/jq2gy2b1w4zx)
- [Company: AssemblyAI](https://rewindex.com/company/assemblyai.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2026-08-03 16:08 UTC: We are currently investigating an issue where users on our us-east-1 endpoint are experiencing 503 errors when using temporary tokens with our Realtime API. This began at 4:49pm UTC.
- **identified** 2026-08-03 16:11 UTC: Our team has identified the issue and a fix is being released.
- **identified** 2026-08-03 16:33 UTC: We are continuing to work on a fix for the issue. The API is stable and the errors subsided at 5:11pm UTC.
- **monitoring** 2026-08-03 16:37 UTC: A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- **resolved** 2026-08-03 17:56 UTC: This incident has been resolved.


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