# Overleaf outage on 18 October 2026

> On 18 October, Overleaf had a major outage in which some users received server errors when compiling documents. The incident lasted from 19:00 to 20:13 UTC, about 1 hour 13 minutes. However, the status page said at 19:13 that compiling had been restored for most users, and it marked the issue resolved at 20:11. U-Haul also had problems at the same time, with SMS and emails not being sent.

- Service: [Overleaf](https://stackpulse.app/services/overleaf.md)
- Severity: major_outage
- Title on the status page: Compile servers unavailable for some users
- Started: 2026-10-18 19:00 UTC
- Ended: 2026-10-18 20:13 UTC
- Lasted: 1 h 13 min
- Incident open on the status page: 18:59–20:11 UTC
- Page: https://stackpulse.app/services/overleaf/outages/2026-10-18-1900

## At the same time

- [U-Haul](https://stackpulse.app/services/u-haul.md): critical from 2026-10-18 19:54 UTC

Problems at the same time are a clue, never proof that one caused another.

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