Current answer
Censys experienced a major incident: Historical data calls are timing out. ServiceAlert observed recovery on Sep 18, 2026.
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Incident Lifecycle
Affected Components
Censys Platform Web UI
API
Incident Timeline
Monitoring
Censys Engineering has identified the issue and impact has been contained. We are continuing to investigate the underlying causes.
Sep 18, 2026 at 7:40 PM UTC
Investigating
API calls and UI calls that attempt to retrieve historical data are timing out. Censys Engineering is investigating the underlying cause.
Sep 18, 2026 at 6:51 PM UTC
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