503RADARINCIDENT ARCHIVEMETHODOLOGY
RESOLVED

Vercel outage — July 16, 2026

SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) errors

Vercel’s Multiple services was disrupted for 8h 06m on July 16, 2026. 503Radar’s sensors raised the first signal at 02:48 UTC, 5h 54m before the official status page acknowledged impact.

Key facts

DetectedJuly 16, 2026 · 02:48 UTC
Confirmed08:43 UTC · lead time 5h 54m
Resolved10:54 UTC
Duration8h 06m
ServiceMultiple services
Official recordhttps://stspg.io/yzqkkrl8lw0m

Timeline

  1. 02:48Z

    Detected · Signal

    7 crowd signals for Multiple services on VERCEL crossed the signal threshold.
  2. 08:43Z

    Confirmed · Official

    An official VERCEL status-page notice corroborated the event — 5h 54m after detection.
  3. 10:54Z

    Resolved

    Signal volume fell back below the threshold; the event was closed.

What people reported

“⚠️ Vercel is reporting a Incident since 23:04 UTC "Errors accessing teams that require 2FA" Affects: Dashboard, AI Gateway, API Live timeline → https://pingo”bluesky_jetstream · 23:12 UTC
“ℹ️ Reporting a minor issue with Vercel: Increased 2FA errors affecting team dashboard and API access. Monitor this incident at https://watchrr.app/service/verce”bluesky_jetstream · 23:13 UTC
“🚨 Trump repeats India-Pakistan mediation claim, says 11 planes were shot down - India Today 📰 Article: https://tinyurl.com/249x2x8k 🌐 Dashboard: https://geopol”bluesky_jetstream · 03:01 UTC
“📰 SummerFi to Wind Down After Seven Years, Citing Exploit https://cryptovibes.vercel.app/story/0cbf04a3-5b83-408e-af8f-0a0a283b70a0 #Crypto #CryptoNews”bluesky_jetstream · 05:24 UTC
“Vercel is experiencing a major outage. Are you having problems with Vercel? #vercel #verceldown”bluesky_jetstream · 08:41 UTC
“⚠️ Reporting a major issue with Vercel. We're seeing SAML Single Sign-On (SSO) errors, impacting logins and access to SSO-protected teams. Monitor this incident”bluesky_jetstream · 08:43 UTC

How this was detected

1 independent evidence class for Multiple services on VERCEL. 7 crowd reports across bluesky (single platform — not corroborating), z=+1.8σ vs the cell baseline. Official notice confirms it, 5h 54m after the crowd.