Outage recap · Cognition

Windsurf outage — May 18, 2026

On May 18, 2026, Windsurf had a reported incident on Cognition's official status page. Below is what was reported — impact, timing, and the AI services the same upstream outage could affect.

Windsurf Authentication Slowness

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Started
May 18, 9:22 AM EDT
Resolved
May 18, 10:40 AM EDT
Duration
1h 18m

Cognition's updates (3)

  1. investigating · May 18, 9:22 AM EDT

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. monitoring · May 18, 9:35 AM EDT

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. resolved · May 18, 10:40 AM EDT

    This incident has been resolved.

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