March 2026: 500 Errors Across Multiple Endpoints
Airbnb experienced a major outage starting at 5:00 PM PST that caused 500 errors across multiple endpoints, affecting various platform functions. The engineering team identified the root cause and deployed a fix at 7:25 PM PST after 2 hours and 15 minutes of investigation. The incident was fully resolved after 2.8 hours of total downtime, with monitoring confirming the fix's effectiveness.