GOV.UK Notify status

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API Operational
Notify website Operational
Email sending Operational
Email delivery receipts Operational
Text message sending Operational
Text message delivery receipts Operational
Text message receiving Operational
Letter sending Operational
Send files by email Operational
Download files sent by email Operational
Callbacks Operational
Operational
Degraded Performance
Partial Outage
Major Outage
Maintenance

Aug 14, 2026

Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Aug 14, 12:29 BST
Update - We have seen an improvement in delivery times for SMS services from O2 from about 11:10am this morning. We will continue to monitor and post any updates here.
Aug 14, 12:03 BST
Monitoring - We are aware of some degradation of SMS services from O2 starting at 10:36 BST. Sending and receiving of SMS, and receiving of delivery receipt may be affected or delayed. Other mobile networks that rely on the O2 infrastructure may also be affected.

GOV.UK Notify itself is fully operational. We will continue to monitor and post any updates here.

Aug 14, 11:12 BST

Aug 13, 2026

No incidents reported.

Aug 12, 2026

No incidents reported.

Aug 11, 2026

No incidents reported.

Aug 10, 2026

No incidents reported.

Aug 9, 2026

No incidents reported.

Aug 8, 2026

No incidents reported.

Aug 7, 2026

No incidents reported.

Aug 6, 2026

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Aug 6, 23:58 BST
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We’ll keep you updated.
Aug 6, 23:21 BST
Scheduled - GOV.UK Notify will be undergoing scheduled maintenance on 6 August, between 23:00 and midnight.

At some point during this maintenance, Notify will be unavailable intermittently.

During this downtime:

- The Notify web interface - https://www.notifications.service.gov.uk - will be unavailable
- API requests will receive an error
- Text message replies and delivery receipts will be delayed

This is because we will be upgrading our database.

Jul 31, 09:19 BST

Aug 5, 2026

No incidents reported.

Aug 4, 2026

No incidents reported.

Aug 3, 2026

No incidents reported.

Aug 2, 2026

No incidents reported.

Aug 1, 2026

No incidents reported.

Jul 31, 2026

No incidents reported.