# Sprout Social: Performance Issues impacting LinkedIn API

> Sprout Social status incident “Performance Issues impacting LinkedIn API” on 2026-05-20: impact minor (vendor’s label), 4.4 h, 2 update(s). Archived by Rewindex.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/sprout-social/incidents/xb5zff9jt4ds
Last updated: 2026-05-20T15:42:07Z

- Impact (vendor’s label): minor
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-05-20 11:18 UTC · Resolved: 2026-05-20 15:42 UTC · Duration: 4.4 h
- Updates: 2 · Affected components: Sprout Social API
- [Vendor status page: https://stspg.io/mxcklt66zdy6](https://stspg.io/mxcklt66zdy6)
- [Company: Sprout Social](https://rewindex.com/company/sprout-social.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **identified** 2026-05-20 11:18 UTC: We are experiencing intermittent issues with LinkedIn due to an external LinkedIn API outage involving server timeout errors. As a result, connecting LinkedIn profiles, publishing content, or fetching reports may be temporarily affected or fail unexpectedly. We are actively monitoring LinkedIn's progress toward a resolution.
- **resolved** 2026-05-20 15:42 UTC: This incident has been resolved.

## Cite this

Status incident (vendor impact label: minor) posted by Sprout Social, started 2026-05-20 11:18 UTC, resolved after 4.4 h, 2 update(s).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/company/sprout-social/incidents/xb5zff9jt4ds
- Citation: Sprout Social, “Performance Issues impacting LinkedIn API” (2026-05-20 11:18 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/company/sprout-social/incidents/xb5zff9jt4ds (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[Sprout Social: Performance Issues impacting LinkedIn API (2026-05-20)](https://rewindex.com/company/sprout-social/incidents/xb5zff9jt4ds)`


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