AssemblyAI incident
503 Error when using temp tokens with Realtime API
Started
August 3, 2026 at 04:08 PM UTC
Duration
1h 47m
Resolved
August 3, 2026 at 05:56 PM UTC
Updates timeline
- Investigating
We are currently investigating an issue where users on our us-east-1 endpoint are experiencing 503 errors when using temporary tokens with our Realtime API. This began at 4:49pm UTC.
- Identified
Our team has identified the issue and a fix is being released.
- Identified
We are continuing to work on a fix for the issue. The API is stable and the errors subsided at 5:11pm UTC.
- Monitoring
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- Resolved
This incident has been resolved.
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