Outage report · Major outage
Perplexity API outage on Feb 16, 2026
Sonar API incident
SeverityMajor outage
StartedFeb 16, 2026, 21:35UTC
ResolvedFeb 16, 2026, 22:27UTC
Duration52m
What happened
Perplexity API reported a major outage starting Feb 16, 2026, 21:35 UTC. It was marked resolved at Feb 16, 2026, 22:27 UTC.
- The incident lasted 52m from first report to resolution.
- Perplexity API had reported 2 other partial or major outages in the 90 days before it.
- 4 other vendors we track reported a significant incident within 12 hours of it.
Latest update from Perplexity API
This incident has been resolved.
What our independent monitoring saw
Our independent monitoring of Perplexity API started after this incident, so this report is based on Perplexity API's status page.
Other outages around the same time
Significant incidents other vendors reported within 12 hours of this one.
Perplexity API's overall reliability
93.8/100
Perplexity API has a reliability score of 93.8/100, with 99.94% effective uptime and 3 incidents over the last 90 days.
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