Current answer
Alpaca experienced a minor incident: Intermittent Broker API Timeouts. ServiceAlert observed recovery on Sep 18, 2026.
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Incident Lifecycle
Affected Components
Account API
Orders API
Positions API
Incident Timeline
Monitoring
We have deployed a fix, and service performance is improving. Our team continue to monitor response times to confirm a full recovery.
Sep 18, 2026 at 8:51 AM UTC
Monitoring
Services performance has shown improved stability, and error rates have decreased. However, we continue to observe the elevated latency affecting some account & position requests.
Our engineering teams are closely monitoring and working to restore normal performance. We understand the disruption this may cause and appreciate your patience. We will share another update as soon as more information becomes available.
Our engineering teams are closely monitoring and working to restore normal performance. We understand the disruption this may cause and appreciate your patience. We will share another update as soon as more information becomes available.
Sep 18, 2026 at 7:58 AM UTC
Identified
The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
Sep 18, 2026 at 7:33 AM UTC
Identified
The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
Sep 18, 2026 at 7:12 AM UTC
Investigating
We are investigating elevated error rates causing timeouts for account, position, and order requests across the Broker API.
Sep 18, 2026 at 6:27 AM UTC
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