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SparkPost (Bird) status, outages & reliability

#6 of 12 transactional email APIsOperational

SparkPost is an email delivery API and analytics service, now part of Bird (formerly MessageBird).

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · score recalculated

Over the last 90 days SparkPost (Bird) had 99.90% effective uptime across 8 status page incidents, resolving them in 2h on average.

87.7/100Reliability scoreVisit SparkPost (Bird) ↗

Is SparkPost (Bird) down right now?

No, SparkPost (Bird) is up and running.

  • SparkPost (Bird)'s status page reports all systems operational. Checked .
  • All 3 SparkPost (Bird) pages we check are responding. Checked .

Official SparkPost (Bird) status page ↗

Uptime (90d)99.90%2h 6m weighted downtime
Incidents (90d)81.3 per 30 days
Major / partial outages0
Avg time to resolve2h
Outages we detected0by our independent probes

90-day uptime

Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 18, 2026: no incidentsAug 19, 2026: 99.31% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 20, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026: no incidentsAug 27, 2026: 96.94% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 28, 2026 – Sep 13, 2026: no incidentsSep 14, 2026: 98.47% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 15, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026: no incidentsSep 17, 2026: 99.43% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026: no incidentsOct 1, 2026: 99.67% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 10, 2026: no incidentsOct 11, 2026: 98.06% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 12, 2026 – Oct 27, 2026: no incidentsOct 28, 2026: 99.36% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.903% average daily uptimeToday
  • No incidents
  • Degraded
  • Partial outage
  • Major outage
  • No data

Key facts about SparkPost (Bird)'s reliability

  • Over the past 12 months, SparkPost (Bird) published 39 incidents on its status page, 3 of them partial or major outages.
  • Its longest outage on record in that time was “Partial Outage and Delivery Issues in US-West-2 Region” on Jul 24, 2026, which lasted 7h 30m.
  • The part of SparkPost (Bird) most often affected was SMTP Delivery - USA (18 of 39 incidents).
  • SparkPost (Bird) reported 8 incidents in the last 90 days, up from 6 in the 90 days before.
  • Incidents most often began on a Thursday (13 of 39, UTC).
  • SparkPost (Bird)'s 90-day uptime of 99.90% is above the average for transactional email APIs (99.77%).

Score breakdown

Uptime · 40% weight
90
99.903% effective uptime
Incident frequency · 20% weight
73
1.25 weighted incidents per 30 days
Time to resolve · 20% weight
85
2h average
Transparency · 20% weight
100
No unreported outages detected

How the score is calculated →

Incidents per month

024686 degraded performance incidents6Dec1 degraded performance incident2 informational incidents3Jan ’261 partial outage incident4 degraded performance incidents5Feb1 partial outage incident1 degraded performance incident2Mar1 degraded performance incident1Apr2 degraded performance incidents2 informational incidents4May1 degraded performance incident1Jun1 major outage incident1Jul2 degraded performance incidents2Aug2 degraded performance incidents2Sep3 degraded performance incidents1 informational incident4OctNov
  • Major outage
  • Partial outage
  • Degraded
  • Informational

Response time

Daily average response time of SparkPost (Bird)'s public pages, measured by our probes.

0ms238ms475msNov 1, 2026: 403msNov 2, 2026: 431msNov 1, 2026Nov 2, 2026

Score trend

Daily reliability score (rolling 90-day window).

050100Nov 1, 2026: 87.7Nov 2, 2026: 87.7Nov 1, 2026Nov 2, 2026

SparkPost (Bird) incident history (last 90 days)

Source: SparkPost (Bird) status page · last checked · Subscribe via RSS

Our independent monitoring

We check these public SparkPost (Bird) pages every 5 minutes. An outage is recorded after two consecutive failed checks.

PageLast checkUptime (30d)Avg response
App (web UI)Up 100%70 ms
REST API (unauthenticated)Up 100%674 ms
Bird email API pageUp 100%511 ms

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SparkPost (Bird) status FAQ

Is SparkPost (Bird) down right now?

No, SparkPost (Bird) is up and running. SparkPost (Bird)'s status page currently reports all systems operational, and all 3 of the SparkPost (Bird) pages we check every five minutes are responding. This page updates automatically when that changes.

How reliable is SparkPost (Bird)?

SparkPost (Bird) has a reliability score of 87.7 out of 100, ranking #6 of 12 transactional email APIs. Over the last 90 days it had 99.90% effective uptime.

How often does SparkPost (Bird) have outages?

SparkPost (Bird) published 8 incidents on its status page in the last 90 days (0 partial or major outages) and 39 in the past 12 months.

How long do SparkPost (Bird) outages last?

SparkPost (Bird) resolves incidents in 2h on average. Its longest outage in the past year lasted 7h 30m, on Jul 24, 2026.

Does SparkPost (Bird) have a status page?

Yes. SparkPost (Bird)'s official status page is status.sparkpost.com. We read it every five minutes and keep its full incident history.