Sonar API incident
A record of the Perplexity incident on February 16, 2026 (UTC): start time, duration and severity, plus current status, what to do, and alternatives.
Other providers down at the same time
No other provider we monitor recorded an incident during this window. This appears to have been specific to Perplexity.
Derived from our own archive of official status pages across 13 providers. Items lasting more than 24 hours and unresolved items are excluded, as they would misrepresent the moment.
How big was this outage?
This outage lasted 52 minutes. Across 18 major incidents recorded for Perplexity, the median duration is 83 minutes, making this the 11th longest.
Shorter than a typical outage.
Only incidents recorded as major-or-worse and already resolved are counted.
Current status
Perplexity is operating normally now. This incident has been resolved.
See current Perplexity status →What you can do during an outage
Source: Perplexity's official status page.
Other Perplexity incidents
- Elevated API errors and timeoutsOctober 9, 2026
- We have identified few connectors that are impacting users.September 5, 2026
- Issue with usage based billingSeptember 3, 2026
- Computer Tasks DegradedAugust 31, 2026
- Computer Sandbox ErrorsAugust 14, 2026