# Upstart outage on 28 September 2026

> On 28 September, Upstart had a major outage in which applicants saw elevated errors when checking their rate on upstart.com. The incident was open from 18:14 to 23:27 UTC (5 h 13 min), but the status page reported a fix at 18:31 and showed upstart.com affected only between 18:14 and 18:31. Bluesky, Procore, Cursor, Wattpad, Amplitude, GitHub and Bling also reported problems during the same period.

- Service: [Upstart](https://stackpulse.app/services/upstart.md)
- Severity: major_outage
- Title on the status page: Rate Check Errors
- Started: 2026-09-28 18:14 UTC
- Ended: 2026-09-28 23:27 UTC
- Lasted: 5 h 13 min
- Incident open on the status page: 18:14–23:27 UTC
- The status page's incident: https://stspg.io/t6gb1tm5gdr7
- Page: https://stackpulse.app/services/upstart/outages/2026-09-28-1814

## What broke when (UTC)

| Component | Status | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| upstart.com | partial outage | 2026-09-28 18:14 | 2026-09-28 18:31 |

## At the same time

- [Bluesky](https://stackpulse.app/services/bluesky.md): major_outage from 2026-09-28 18:05 UTC
- [Procore](https://stackpulse.app/services/procore.md): issue from 2026-09-28 18:47 UTC
- [Cursor](https://stackpulse.app/services/cursor.md): issue from 2026-09-28 20:23 UTC
- [Wattpad](https://stackpulse.app/services/wattpad.md): major_outage from 2026-09-28 20:30 UTC
- [Amplitude](https://stackpulse.app/services/amplitude.md): issue from 2026-09-28 21:10 UTC
- [GitHub](https://stackpulse.app/services/github.md): critical from 2026-09-28 21:17 UTC
- [Bling](https://stackpulse.app/services/bling.md): issue from 2026-09-28 21:35 UTC

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

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