Contentful outage: Errors on Content Management API

Affected components

• Content Management API

1. resolvedAug 13, 2026, 11:38 UTC

   The issue has been addressed.

2. monitoringAug 13, 2026, 10:31 UTC

   Error rates and latency on Content Management API in the EU data residency have improved. We continue to monitor the situation.

3. investigatingAug 13, 2026, 09:34 UTC

   Some customers in the EU data residency region are experiencing latency and errors on Content Management API. We are investigating.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in Contentful's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.

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How often does Contentful have incidents?

Contentful reported 12 incidents in the last 90 days, 6 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 2h 59m. See Contentful's uptime and incident history