LaunchDarkly incident: Issues with Observability Alert Notification

Affected components

• Emails and notifications

1. resolvedApr 28, 2026, 19:25 UTC

   Observability alerts are functioning and delayed alerts have been redelivered.

2. monitoringApr 28, 2026, 19:10 UTC

   A fix has been deployed for Observability alerting and we are working to redeliver delayed notifications.

3. identifiedApr 28, 2026, 18:38 UTC

   We've identified the root cause delaying Observability alert notifications and are deploying a fix. All other notification types are operational.

4. investigatingApr 28, 2026, 18:34 UTC

   We are currently investigating an issue prevent Observability alert notifications from being delivered.

What APIStatus.watch saw

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