AssemblyAI: Longer than usual processing times for transcription of pre-recorded audio
Affected components: APIs - Asynchronous APIAsynchronous API
Timeline of updates
- resolved
From approximately 10:10am to 10:28am PT we experienced longer-than-usual processing times for transcription of pre-recorded audio. The root cause of this slowdown has been identified and resolved, and response times are back within normal ranges. Our team will continue to monitor traffic to ensure continued good performance.
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First version captured
In the 2026-10-17 checkpoint, timestamped by FreeTSA and DigiCert on . Record hash
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Status incident (vendor impact label: minor) posted by AssemblyAI, started 2026-03-06 19:04 UTC, resolved after 0 min, 1 update(s).
- Title
- Longer than usual processing times for transcription of pre-recorded audio
- Vendor
- AssemblyAI
- Date
- URL
- https://rewindex.com/company/assemblyai/incidents/t0y6d2w00xtv
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