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Outage in Shopify

Live support unavailable for merchants

Resolved Major
August 19, 2026 - Started about 20 hours ago - Lasted about 2 hours
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Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

Shopify's live support channels (phone and chat) were unavailable for approximately 1.8 hours due to an outage at Twilio, the third-party service used to route support connections. All live support queues were affected, leaving merchants unable to reach a specialist or facing significant wait times. Twilio deployed a fix, and full service was restored with no further impact observed.

We’re investigating an issue preventing merchants from connecting with live support by phone or chat. Merchants may experience long wait times or may not reach a support specialist. This issue is affecting all live support queues. We'll provide an update when more information is available.
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RESOLVED about 18 hours ago - at 08/20/2026 01:08AM

The issue affecting live support by phone and chat due to a Twilio outage is now fully resolved. Merchants can now connect with live support without issue. Our monitoring period  has ended, and we have observed no further impact.

MONITORING about 19 hours ago - at 08/19/2026 11:54PM

Twilio is deploying a fix and we're starting to see live support connections recover. Some merchants may still be unable to connect with a specialist by phone or chat. We'll continue monitoring and provide another update when the issue is fully resolved.

IDENTIFIED about 19 hours ago - at 08/19/2026 11:34PM

We've identified the root cause as an outage at Twilio, a service Shopify uses to connect live support calls and chats. Merchants may experience long wait times or be unable to connect with a specialist. Updates are available at status.twilio.com. We'll provide another update when we have more information to share.

INVESTIGATING about 20 hours ago - at 08/19/2026 11:22PM

We’re investigating an issue preventing merchants from connecting with Live Support by phone or chat. Merchants may experience long wait times or may not reach a support specialist. This issue is affecting all live support queues. We'll provide an update when more information is available.

INVESTIGATING about 20 hours ago - at 08/19/2026 11:21PM

We’re investigating an issue preventing merchants from connecting with live support by phone or chat. Merchants may experience long wait times or may not reach a support specialist. This issue is affecting all live support queues. We'll provide an update when more information is available.

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