●Incident

ExchangeRate-API outage.

ResolvedDEGRADATION · HIGH

Oct 21, 2026, 01:23 PM · about 5 hours ago · Duration: 20min

Detected by Probecast

Incident Summary

API ExchangeRate-API is currently DOWN in us-west.

Diagnostic Details

Error Type: http HTTP Status: 500 Error Message: API returned HTTP 500 Retry Attempts: 1 (all failed)

Validation Results

Validation Reason: DOWN in 2 regions: asia, us-west Consecutive DOWN Checks: 2 Time Between Checks: 289s

Cross-Region Impact

Also DOWN in: asia Total Affected Regions: 2 Still UP in: europe, us-east

Severity Assessment

Level: MEDIUM Limited regional impact or recoverable error type.

Detected by Probecast Health Monitor - 2026-10-21T13:23:21.015Z

Timeline

●Started

Oct 21, 2026, 01:23 PM

about 5 hours ago

●Resolved

Oct 21, 2026, 01:43 PM

about 4 hours ago

●Duration

20min

Total downtime

Evidence Logs3 checks

Time	Region	Status	Latency	Code
Oct 21, 01:23 PM	us-west	down	13ms	500
Oct 21, 01:20 PM	asia	down	183ms	502
Oct 21, 01:18 PM	us-west	down	2ms	502

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