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WorkOS: Elevated Platform Errors

Impact: majorStatus: postmortemStarted Resolved (2.3 h)7 updatesSource: stspg.io (opens in new tab)
Summary

WorkOS reported a major incident with elevated errors and latencies affecting AuthKit, SSO, Directory Sync, Audit Logs, Admin Portal and Dashboard. It started at 2026-07-16 08:26 UTC and resolved at 2026-07-16 10:44 UTC (2 h 17 min); WorkOS deployed a fix and published a postmortem.

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Affected components: AuthKitCore Services - AuthKitCore Services - Directory SyncDirectory SyncCore Services - SSOSSOAdmin PortalSupporting Services - Admin PortalDashboardSupporting Services - DashboardAudit LogsCore Services - Audit Logs

Timeline of updates

  1. investigating

    We are seeing elevated error rates across our platform. Our team is investigating. We will share an update as soon as possible.

  2. investigating

    We continue to investigate elevated error rates across our platform. We will share an update as soon as possible.

  3. investigating

    We continue to investigate elevated error rates across our platform.

  4. identified

    We've identified the cause of the elevated platform errors. We've implemented a fix and are seeing error rates decrease.

  5. monitoring

    We have deployed the fix and we are now monitoring our systems to ensure the issue is resolved.

  6. resolved

    This incident is resolved. We experienced elevated error rates and latencies between 8am and 10:10am UTC. We will deliver a full postmortem as soon as possible.

  7. postmortem

    We’ve published a [post-mortem on the July 16 service disruption](https://workos.com/blog/service-disruption-on-july-16-2026) to our blog, detailing what happened and how we’re strengthening the resiliency of WorkOS products.

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