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Socket change history

9Major incident
When (UTC)ChangeKind
Critical incident: Delayed creation and updates for ticketing integrations
Socket reported a critical ticketing integration degradation delaying ticket creation, updates and closure from 2026-10-16 07:28 UTC to 2026-10-16 09:19 UTC, lasting 1 h 50 min. Live functionality was restored, missed events were replayed, and the ticketing service returned to normal operations.
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Critical incident: Socket website intermittently loading for some users
Socket Website loaded intermittently for some users in an incident rated critical, starting 2026-09-17 19:52 UTC and resolved at 2026-09-17 22:01 UTC; the reported duration was 2 h 8 min. Socket implemented a fix at 20:35 UTC but did not state a cause.
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Major incident: Elevated latency and error rate on public API
Socket’s public API experienced elevated latency and error rates in a major-impact incident from 2026-09-05 07:21 UTC to 2026-09-05 09:04 UTC, lasting 1 h 43 min. Socket reported implementing a fix at 07:41 UTC and subsequently resolved the incident; no cause was stated.
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Major incident: Firewall Events rejected/dropped
Socket reported a major Socket API incident in which the Events collection system incorrectly rejected Firewall Events. It started at 2026-08-20 23:05 UTC and was resolved at 2026-08-21 01:06 UTC, lasting 2 h 1 min; customers’ Firewall Events could be rejected or dropped during that period.
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Major incident: Elevated latency across multiple surfaces
Socket reported major elevated latency affecting Socket for GitHub, Package Pages, Socket API, Socket Dashboard and Socket Website, starting 2026-08-04 07:42 UTC. A fix was implemented by 2026-08-04 08:33 UTC, and the incident was resolved at 2026-08-04 08:45 UTC after 1 h 3 min.
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Critical incident: Github App reports are failing
Socket’s GitHub App reports failed in a critical-impact incident starting 2026-07-16 23:45 UTC, lasting 15 min and resolved at 2026-07-17 00:00 UTC. Socket attributed the failures to a high error rate on GitHub’s API and reported that GitHub restored service.
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Critical incident: GitHub App reports not startingMajor incident
Major incident: Dashboard access unavailable due to DNS issueMajor incident
Major incident: GitHub app reports are stuck not startingMajor incident