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Garmin Services Outage History

Every past Garmin Services outage tracked by IsDown, with detection times, duration, and resolution details.

There were 67 Garmin Services outages since October 2024. The 48 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Minor May 29, 2026

May 2026: inReach Messaging Delays for Some Customers

Detected May 29, 2026 2:04 AM EDT · Resolved May 29, 2026 3:52 AM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

Garmin experienced a messaging issue affecting some inReach customers for 1.8 hours. The incident impacted the inReach Messaging service, causing delays in message delivery. The issue was investigated and resolved.

Minor May 27, 2026

May 2026: inReach Messaging Delays for Some Customers

Detected May 27, 2026 5:12 PM EDT · Resolved May 27, 2026 6:02 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Some Garmin inReach customers experienced delays with messaging services during a 42-minute outage. The company actively investigated the issue affecting the inReach Messaging component. The incident was resolved after approximately 42 minutes of service disruption.

Minor May 26, 2026

May 2026: inReach Customers may be unable to send messages to SMS/Email destinations

Detected May 26, 2026 11:51 AM EDT · Resolved May 26, 2026 2:04 PM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

Garmin's inReach messaging service experienced an issue preventing customers from sending messages to SMS and email destinations for 2.2 hours. The problem affected the inReach Messaging component, impacting users' ability to communicate via their satellite devices. The issue was identified, fixed, and fully resolved after a monitoring period.

Minor May 25, 2026

May 2026: Data syncing may be degraded for some customers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa

Detected May 25, 2026 10:48 AM EDT · Resolved May 25, 2026 11:36 AM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Garmin's Messenger, Earthmate, and Explore mobile apps experienced data syncing issues for customers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa for 49 minutes. The incident affected the ability to sync data across these three mobile applications in the specified regions. Garmin resolved the issue after monitoring showed improved sync performance, with full resolution confirmed shortly after.

Minor May 21, 2026

May 2026: Garmin Subscription Services Management

Detected May 21, 2026 4:45 PM EDT · Resolved May 21, 2026 5:20 PM EDT · Duration 35 minutes

Garmin Services experienced a 35-minute incident affecting subscription management functionality, causing delays for users trying to manage their subscription plans. The issue impacted both LTE and Satellite activation and subscription billing components. The problem was identified and resolved with a fix implementation.

Minor May 19, 2026

May 2026: Reduced Performance for sync in Europe region

Detected May 19, 2026 11:45 AM EDT · Resolved May 19, 2026 12:22 PM EDT · Duration 37 minutes

Garmin Services experienced reduced performance in the Europe region, causing sync timeouts and other functionality issues across multiple applications including Explore, Messenger, Earthmate, Alpha, and Tread mobile apps and websites. The incident lasted 37 minutes starting at 7:00 AM Eastern and has been resolved.

Minor April 28, 2026

April 2026: inReach activations may be delayed for some customers

Detected Apr 28, 2026 6:27 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 28, 2026 6:54 PM EDT · Duration 27 minutes

Garmin Services experienced a minor incident where inReach device activations were delayed for some customers, affecting both satellite and LTE activation and subscription billing systems. The issue was investigated and resolved within 27 minutes.

Minor April 27, 2026

April 2026: New inReach devices unable to activate

Detected Apr 27, 2026 3:07 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 27, 2026 3:22 PM EDT · Duration 15 minutes

New and factory-reset Garmin inReach devices experienced activation failures, hanging on the "Activating" status for 15 minutes. The issue affected satellite activation and subscription billing components, while existing active devices continued to function normally. The incident was resolved after investigation and remediation.

Minor April 5, 2026

April 2026: Garmin Subscription Services impacted

Detected Apr 5, 2026 12:48 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 5, 2026 2:45 PM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

Garmin subscription services experienced issues for 2 hours, affecting subscription management features including activations, plan changes, and cancellations. The incident impacted both LTE and satellite activation and billing systems. The service disruption was resolved after investigation and remediation efforts.

Major March 31, 2026

March 2026: Data syncing may be delayed for some customers in Europe

Detected Mar 31, 2026 2:30 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 31, 2026 2:42 PM EDT · Duration 12 minutes

Garmin's inReach Desktop App, Earthmate Mobile App, and Explore Mobile App experienced data syncing issues affecting customers in Europe. The incident impacted the Garmin Explore Mobile App and Garmin Earthmate Mobile App for 12 minutes. The syncing problems were resolved after investigation and remediation efforts.