BBC NewsOutage

ResolvedDegradation High

Apr 1, 2026, 08:31 AM · 23 days ago · Duration: 4min · Regions: asia

Detected by Probecast

Incident Summary

Incident Summary

API BBC News is currently DOWN in us-east.

Diagnostic Details

Error Type: timeout HTTP Status: N/A Error Message: Request timeout after 10000ms Retry Attempts: 3 (all failed)

Validation Results

Validation Reason: All 3 retry attempts failed Consecutive DOWN Checks: 2 Time Between Checks: 301s

Cross-Region Impact

Also DOWN in: asia, europe Total Affected Regions: 3

Severity Assessment

Level: HIGH Multiple regions affected or critical error type detected.


Detected by Probecast Health Monitor - 2026-04-01T08:31:06.866Z

Timeline

Started

Apr 1, 2026, 08:31 AM

23 days ago

Resolved

Apr 1, 2026, 08:35 AM

23 days ago

Duration

4min

Evidence Logs(7 checks)

TimeRegionStatusLatencyCode
Apr 1, 08:31 AMus-eastdown10001ms
Apr 1, 08:26 AMasiadown10000ms
Apr 1, 08:26 AMeuropedown10001ms

Track BBC News reliability

This isn't BBC News's first incident. They had 1 incidents in the last 180 days, averaging 5 minutes of impact.

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