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ShipEngine Outage History

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

There were 214 ShipEngine outages since May 2020. The 33 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Minor April 20, 2026

April 2026: Elevated rate of timeouts

Detected Apr 20, 2026 5:26 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 21, 2026 2:37 PM EDT · Duration about 21 hours

The ShipEngine API experienced elevated timeout rates and performance degradation that affected some users for 21.2 hours. Users reported increased frequency of timeouts when accessing the service. The incident was resolved after investigation and remediation efforts.

Minor April 16, 2026

April 2026: Elevated rate of timeouts

Detected Apr 16, 2026 12:01 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 16, 2026 4:31 PM EDT · Duration about 5 hours

The ShipEngine API experienced elevated timeout rates and performance degradation that impacted some users for 4.5 hours. Users reported increased frequency of timeouts when accessing the service. The issue was identified and resolved with a fix implementation.

Major March 10, 2026

March 2026: Account Dashboard - Problem displaying some active carrier connections

Detected Mar 10, 2026 10:14 AM EDT · Resolved Mar 10, 2026 12:41 PM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

ShipEngine experienced a major incident where the account dashboard failed to display all active carrier connections, with users reporting that only USPS remained visible while other carriers disappeared and could not be re-added due to error messages. The issue affected the ShipEngine API Dashboard for 2.5 hours before being resolved with a fix that was monitored to ensure stability.

Major February 26, 2026

February 2026: Elevated rate of timeouts

Detected Feb 26, 2026 11:26 AM EST · Resolved Feb 26, 2026 1:04 PM EST · Duration about 2 hours

The ShipEngine API experienced elevated timeout rates and performance degradation that impacted some users for 1.6 hours. A fix was implemented which reduced error rates, and the service was monitored until full resolution was confirmed. The incident was fully resolved after investigating and addressing the underlying cause.

Minor January 13, 2026

January 2026: Sendle AU, CA, & US - Shipments Halted

Detected Jan 13, 2026 11:23 AM EST · Resolved Mar 5, 2026 12:09 PM EST · Duration about 2 months

Sendle halted all shipments across Australia, Canada, and the US as of January 11th, with all scheduled pickups from January 12th onward being cancelled. In-transit parcels were delivered at the discretion of delivery partners, while CouriersPlease confirmed they would deliver existing Sendle consignments in their network but cease future pickups. The incident was resolved after approximately 51 days with users advised to utilize alternative carriers during the disruption.

Minor January 9, 2026

January 2026: UPS Updates for US & CA Shipments

Detected Jan 9, 2026 4:56 PM EST · Resolved Mar 5, 2026 12:09 PM EST · Duration about 2 months

UPS implemented a change to their dimensional weight calculation system for US and Canadian shipments, requiring package dimensions to be rounded up to the nearest whole centimeter or inch effective January 11, 2026. This affected UPS shipping services in both the US and Canada through ShipEngine's platform. The incident was monitored and subsequently resolved after the changes were fully implemented.