Perplexity slowdown on 2026-08-14: 6 min of failed checks

Perplexity returned degraded responses to our checks at Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:57:04 UTC. Normal responses resumed at Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:03:05 UTC, making the recorded window 6 min.

What we measured

• Failed or degraded readings during the window: 0 of 2 checks
• No HTTP response was returned during the failing checks
• Perplexity published no matching status note that our checks picked up

How we know

We request Perplexity's published status feed where one exists, and separately time a plain request to www.perplexity.ai. A state only changes after two consecutive readings agree, so the recorded window can be a few minutes wider than the true interruption.

This is an independent measurement and we are not affiliated with Perplexity. Their official status page is the authority on cause and affected components.

See the check-by-check timeline or current Perplexity status.