LaunchDarkly incident: Elevated Streaming Errors in Europe

Affected components

• Server-side streaming API

1. resolvedMay 4, 2026, 16:23 UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

2. monitoringMay 4, 2026, 15:47 UTC

   We've implemented a fix and have mitigated impact as of 8:35am PT. Streaming SDKs should be able to connect successfully at this time.

3. identifiedMay 4, 2026, 14:30 UTC

   We're continuing to address the root cause of the elevated error rate. Server SDKs may require additional time to initialize while requests are retried.

4. identifiedMay 4, 2026, 12:51 UTC

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

5. investigatingMay 4, 2026, 10:14 UTC

   We are investigating elevated error rates for streaming initialization in the Europe 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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