# RevenueCat: Error spike in API

- Impact (vendor’s label): major
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-01-14 11:00 UTC · Resolved: 2026-01-14 11:54 UTC · Duration: 54 min
- Updates: 3 · Affected components: API Uptime
- [Vendor status page: https://stspg.io/p55qbqfbxq9p](https://stspg.io/p55qbqfbxq9p)
- [Company: RevenueCat](https://rewindex.com/company/revenuecat.md)

## Summary

RevenueCat reported a major API Uptime incident involving a spike in database-related errors from 2026-01-14 11:00 UTC to 2026-01-14 11:54 UTC, lasting 54 min. Fortress was enabled to mitigate errors, then disabled when the error rate returned to normal at 11:16 UTC; all Fortress receipts were replayed by resolution. _(machine-written, sol)_
## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2026-01-14 11:00 UTC: We have detected a spike in errors related to our database and have enabled Fortress to mitigate while we investigate.
- **monitoring** 2026-01-14 11:16 UTC: We have disabled fortress and the error rate is back to normal. We will be monitoring the systems.
- **resolved** 2026-01-14 11:54 UTC: All fortress receipts have been replayed.

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2026-01-14 11:00 UTC: [Major incident: Error spike in API](https://rewindex.com/change/ib1d4b33d5efeab.md)


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