Vendor reports: partial outageResolved · vendor status “postmortem”Official status API

Severe service disruption across the platform in EU

Reported by Onfido · Identity & Security · source last read 4 min ago

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Vendor start
Jan 7, 2026, 13:13 UTC
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Resolved
Jan 7, 2026, 16:21 UTC
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First seen by Statuswall
Before tracking began
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Duration
3 h 8 min
From vendor start and resolution

Summary

Built from the facts below, no AI

Potential impact, not a confirmed outage of your systems.

What the vendor confirmed

  • Onfido reports partial outage: "Severe service disruption across the platform in EU".[E1, E2]
  • The vendor marked it resolved at 2026-01-07 16:21 UTC.[E3, E7]

Affected products and regions

  • Components: API, Dashboard, Applicant Form, Document Verification, Facial Similarity, Watchlist, Identity Enhanced, Webhooks, Known faces, Autofill, QES, Device Intelligence.[E6]

What is unknown

  • Which regions are affected: the vendor did not say.[E5]
  • Whether your own systems are affected: a vendor report cannot tell you; check your monitoring.

Last update in these facts: 2026-01-07 16:21 UTC · summary s1, evidence c651778789e5fb0d

Evidence (7)
  1. E1Onfido reports partial outage. (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)
  2. E2Vendor title: "Severe service disruption across the platform in EU". (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)
  3. E3Vendor status word: "postmortem". (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)
  4. E4Vendor-reported start: 2026-01-07 13:13 UTC. (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)
  5. E5The vendor did not state which regions are affected. (Statuswall)
  6. E6Components the vendor attached: API, Dashboard, Applicant Form, Document Verification, Facial Similarity, Watchlist, Identity Enhanced, Webhooks, Known faces, Autofill, QES, Device Intelligence. (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)
  7. E7Vendor-reported resolution: 2026-01-07 16:21 UTC. (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)

Affected scope

Not stated by the vendor

Components: API, Dashboard, Applicant Form, Document Verification, Facial Similarity, Watchlist, Identity Enhanced, Webhooks, Known faces, Autofill, QES, Device Intelligence

No region Statuswall recognises is stated for this incident (place names and provider-specific codes are not converted). It is not assumed to be global.

Potential relevance

Onfido is not in your stack. Follow it to see whether reports like this fall inside the regions you use.

Timeline

Vendor times come from the vendor. “Seen by Statuswall” times are when Statuswall noticed a change, which can lag the vendor by a few minutes. Statuswall does not store the vendor's update text; read it on the official page.

  1. Jan 7, 2026, 13:13 UTCVendor-reported startVendor time
  2. Jan 7, 2026, 16:21 UTCVendor-reported resolutionVendor time

No changes observed yet. Statuswall began recording changes on incidents in November 2026.