# Vercel: Increased build and deployment failures

- Impact (vendor’s label): major
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-10-12 13:35 UTC · Resolved: 2026-10-12 20:11 UTC · Duration: 6.6 h
- Updates: 7 · Affected components: Build & Deploy - Builds, Builds, CI/CD - Git Integrations, Git Integrations
- [Vendor status page: https://stspg.io/cfrfjg8fqxfr](https://stspg.io/cfrfjg8fqxfr)
- [Company: Vercel](https://rewindex.com/company/vercel.md)

## Summary

Vercel reported a major incident affecting builds and deployments from 2026-10-12 13:35 UTC to 2026-10-12 20:11 UTC, lasting 6 h 36 min. An upstream GitHub incident caused some GitHub-connected projects’ builds and deployments to fail; deployment-status updates on pull requests were also delayed. The event backlog was processed, and the incident was resolved. _(machine-written, sol)_
## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2026-10-12 13:35 UTC: We've identified an issue where some customers may experience build failures or deployments that fail to start. We are investigating this issue. We will provide additional updates as they become available.
- **identified** 2026-10-12 14:08 UTC: We have identified the issue and are working on a fix. We will provide additional updates as they become available.
- **identified** 2026-10-12 14:57 UTC: Build and deployment failure rates have decreased, but some builds remain queued and are taking longer to start. We are continuing to work on a fix. We will provide additional updates as they become available.
- **identified** 2026-10-12 16:10 UTC: We are continuing to work on a fix. Due to an upstream incident at GitHub (https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/93njd414rpbx), some builds and deployments for GitHub-connected projects are still failing. We will provide additional updates as they become available.
- **identified** 2026-10-12 18:33 UTC: Deployment events, such as updating the deployment status on pull requests, are delayed and the backlog is being processed. We will provide additional updates as they become available.
- **monitoring** 2026-10-12 19:56 UTC: The backlog of deployment events has been processed. We will continue to monitor and provide additional updates as they become available.
- **resolved** 2026-10-12 20:11 UTC: This incident has been resolved.

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2026-10-12 13:35 UTC: [Major incident: Increased build and deployment failures](https://rewindex.com/change/i2e56e1669289f4.md)


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/vercel/incidents/sps6n39gm4sg · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/company/vercel/incidents/sps6n39gm4sg.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/companies/vercel/incidents/sps6n39gm4sg · Generated 2026-10-18T11:39:00.243Z