Netlify incident: Degraded performance with Create API

Affected components

• Netlify Create API

1. resolvedMay 19, 2026, 20:41 UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

2. monitoringMay 19, 2026, 20:23 UTC

   We have resolved the issue causing elevated error rates in the Create API. Systems are now recovering, and we are monitoring closely.

3. investigatingMay 19, 2026, 18:18 UTC

   Investigating: We’re seeing degraded performance with create.netlify.com. Some customers are seeing issues with latency or 500 errors while accessing the create.netlify.com

What APIStatus.watch saw

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

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