Contentful outage: Intermitent CMA errors

Affected components

• Content Management API

1. resolvedMar 12, 2026, 18:29 UTC

   This issue is fully resolved.

2. monitoringMar 12, 2026, 18:00 UTC

   The issue which caused the error spike on the Contentful Management API (CMA) has resolved. We are continuing to monitor.

3. investigatingMar 12, 2026, 17:48 UTC

   We observed a high amount of CMA errors in the past 15 minutes. The errors have already subsided but we are actively investigating the problem.

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