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Outage in LiveChat

LiveChat - outage

Resolved Major
February 24, 2026 - Started 13 days ago - Lasted 1 day

Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

LiveChat experienced a major outage lasting 29.8 hours that affected some customers' ability to access the service, start chats, and send messages, with users experiencing delays and message delivery failures. The incident was caused by infrastructure issues with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), requiring coordination between LiveChat and Google's engineering teams throughout the resolution process. A fix was implemented and deployed, with the service gradually returning to normal operation while being monitored for stability.

We are currently investigating an issue affecting some customers' ability to access LiveChat and working to understand the cause. We’ll share another update as soon as we have more information.

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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
MONITORING 12 days ago - at 02/26/2026 05:31AM

A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the situation to ensure everything remains stable. Some customers may still notice minor disruptions while systems fully recover.

INVESTIGATING 12 days ago - at 02/26/2026 05:22AM

We are currently investigating an issue affecting some customers and working to understand the cause. We’ll share another update as soon as we have more information.

INVESTIGATING 12 days ago - at 02/26/2026 05:03AM

We are currently investigating an issue affecting some customers and working to understand the cause. We’ll share another update as soon as we have more information.

MONITORING 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 06:43PM

Deployment of the fix is complete. We are monitoring the service to ensure full stability.

IDENTIFIED 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 06:28PM

We are continuing to deploy the fix and will provide an update shortly.

IDENTIFIED 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 06:13PM

We are implementing additional mitigation measures. Chat sessions may start successfully; however, some messages may be delayed or not delivered.

We are actively working on a fix, and the estimated time to resolution is approximately 20 minutes.

INVESTIGATING 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 05:49PM

Our team is working closely with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to resolve the issue. While chats can be started, customers may experience delays or failures when sending messages.

MONITORING 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 05:00PM

We are continuously monitoring the service to ensure continuity and stability while we await a fix from our cloud provider’s infrastructure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Some customers may still experience degraded performance during this time. We remain in close contact with GCP’s engineering teams, and the issue has not yet been resolved on their end.
During this period, customers may experience delays when starting chats or sending messages.

MONITORING 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 04:03PM

We are continuously monitoring the service to ensure continuity and stability while we await a fix from our service provider. Some customers may still experience degraded performance during this time.

MONITORING 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 03:02PM

We are continuously monitoring the service to ensure continuity and stability while we are waiting for a fix from our service provider. Some customers may experience minor disruptions during that time. We remain in close contact with the provider’s engineering teams, and the issue has not yet been resolved on their end.

MONITORING 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 01:36PM

We continue to monitor the situation to ensure stability. While systems are recovering, some customers may still experience minor disruptions as we await a permanent fix from our service provider.
While the issue has not yet been fully resolved on their end, we have been actively coordinating with their engineering teams since the incident began and remain in close contact as they progress through mitigation and recovery efforts.

MONITORING 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 12:48PM

We are monitoring the situation to ensure everything remains stable. Some customers may still notice minor disruptions while systems fully recover.

MONITORING 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 12:02PM

A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the situation to ensure everything remains stable. Some customers may still notice minor disruptions while systems fully recover.

IDENTIFIED 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 11:57AM

We have identified the cause of the issue affecting some customers and are working on a fix. Access to Archives and Reports may be degraded while we complete the necessary steps.

MONITORING 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 11:25AM

Brief status update and additional context on the ongoing incident

This incident is related to an issue within our cloud provider’s infrastructure (GCP). We’re actively coordinating with their engineering teams since the beginning of the incident and staying in continuous contact as they work through mitigation and recovery steps. The incident hasn’t been resolved on their end yet.
Minor performance issues persist, but these are limited in scale and do not affect overall availability for customers.

MONITORING 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 08:05AM

We continue to monitor the situation to ensure everything remains stable.

MONITORING 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 07:42AM

Services are operational, and we are actively monitoring to maintain stability.

MONITORING 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 07:11AM

We are seeing improvements in our service availability and are now moving to closely monitor the situation. We will provide further updates when necessary.

IDENTIFIED 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 07:06AM

We are observing ongoing recovery on the side of Google, and our services are gradually returning to normal availability. We will continue to monitor the situation and provide further updates as needed.

IDENTIFIED 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 06:51AM

Our team continues to investigate the issue and work toward a resolution. We will provide further updates as soon as they are available.

IDENTIFIED 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 06:30AM

Work on resolving the issue is ongoing. We will provide another update as soon as we have more information.

IDENTIFIED 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 06:08AM

We are actively implementing steps to resolve the problem. We will share the next update as soon as possible.

IDENTIFIED 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 05:44AM

We are still actively working to resolve the issue. We will provide further updates as we make progress.

IDENTIFIED 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 05:22AM

Our team is actively working to resolve the issue. We will share another update as soon as we have more details.

IDENTIFIED 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 04:57AM

We have identified the cause of the issue affecting some customers and are working on a fix. Service may still be degraded while we complete the necessary steps. We are working with our Cloud provider to resolve the issue. We’ll share another update as soon as we have more information.

INVESTIGATING 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 04:37AM

We are currently investigating an issue affecting some customers' ability to access LiveChat and working to understand the cause. We detected an issue with our cloud provider. We’ll share another update as soon as we have more information.

INVESTIGATING 13 days ago - at 02/25/2026 04:33AM

We are currently investigating an issue affecting some customers' ability to access LiveChat and working to understand the cause. We’ll share another update as soon as we have more information.

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