Is Alpaca Down?
No. Alpaca is up right now.
Every monitored Alpaca system is operational as of October 11, 2026. PulsAPI did not find an outage in its latest check of the official status feed.
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Alpaca Component Status
The main Alpaca systems on this page. All 102 are operational right now.
99 more components tracked
Their status is in the bar above. Free accounts see every component by name.
Also tracking Accounts » Non Tradable Activites, Accounts » Transfers, Accounts » Turbo Tax Integration, Broker API (Sandbox) » broker.accounts.account_id.documents.get, Broker API (Sandbox) » broker.accounts.account_id.recipient_banks.get, Broker API (Sandbox) » broker.accounts.account_id.transfers.get, Broker API (Sandbox) » broker.accounts.activities.get, Broker API (Sandbox) » broker.accounts.get, Broker API (Sandbox) » broker.assets.get, Broker API (Sandbox) » broker.events.accounts.status.get, Broker API (Sandbox) » broker.events.journals.status.get, Broker API (Sandbox) » broker.events.trades.get, and 87 more.
Component statuses may change independently during partial outages.
Recent Alpaca Outages & Incidents
Incident history from the official Alpaca status page, including resolution updates.
Sandbox LatencyResolved Oct 10, 2026 · 43 minResolved
Scheduled Sandbox & Production maintenance on Saturday, October 10th, 2026.Scheduled for Oct 10, 2026 · 1h 0mScheduled
Delays in End-of-Day Position Reporting for a Subset of AccountsResolved Oct 9, 2026 · 2h 8mResolved
Alpaca Uptime History
Daily uptime recorded by PulsAPI over the last 90 days, with the days that carried a Alpaca incident marked. Each day is measured from our own checks, so the record continues even when the vendor publishes nothing.
Going further back: Alpaca uptime by month and every recorded Alpaca outage.
Live Alpaca Outage Reports
Problems reported by engineers using Alpaca. Reports often appear 10 to 20 minutes before the official status page moves, and stay on this page for 90 days.
No Alpaca problems reported yet.
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About Alpaca
Alpaca is a commission-free stock trading API for developers, enabling algorithmic trading and brokerage applications. Track Alpaca status and outages here.
Over the past 30 days, PulsAPI has measured Alpaca uptime at 100.00%. Response times, incident history, and SLA tracking for Alpaca are available on the PulsAPI dashboard.
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