Contentful outage: Some customers are experiencing issues logging in

Affected components

• Website

1. resolvedMay 4, 2026, 16:30 UTC

   The issue has been resolved.

2. monitoringMay 4, 2026, 14:08 UTC

   All issues have been resolved, we are monitoring the situation.

3. identifiedMay 4, 2026, 14:06 UTC

   We have identified the issue and are addressing it. Most emails are being sent again. SSO login issues have been resolved

4. investigatingMay 4, 2026, 13:20 UTC

   Some customers are experiencing issues logging in/receiving email communication such as invitations and password resets. 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