LaunchDarkly incident: Elevated Streaming Errors in APAC region

Affected components

• Server-side streaming API

1. resolvedMay 6, 2026, 04:26 UTC

   We've implemented a fix and have mitigated impact as of 9:25pm PT. Streaming SDKs should be able to connect successfully at this time.

2. identifiedMay 6, 2026, 04:00 UTC

   We're identified an infrastructure issue causing elevated error rates and are working on a fix.

3. investigatingMay 6, 2026, 03:58 UTC

   We are investigating elevated error rates for streaming initialization in the APAC region. Some customers using streaming server-side SDKs may have experienced longer than normal initialization times or timeouts when connecting to LaunchDarkly.

What APIStatus.watch saw

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

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