Is FedEx down?
Updated Oct 08, 2026 16:36 UTC. StatusBird re-checks FedEx's status page every 2 minutes.
- Current state
- Operational
- Changed
- Sep 11, 2026 03:16 UTC
- Held for
- 27 days 13 hours
FedEx is currently operational as of Oct 08, 2026 16:36 UTC, with no outage reported on its official status page. StatusBird reads FedEx's status page every 2 minutes and, on the Pro plan, alerts subscribers by SMS, email, Slack, Teams or Discord within that cycle; the free email alert on this page covers major and critical outages with no account.
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FedEx uptime and incident history
30-day uptime, from checks every 2 minutes.
Over the past 90 days StatusBird recorded 0 major or critical FedEx incidents totalling 0 minutes of downtime, for 100.00% availability and a A+ reliability grade, across 64,634 independent checks. Full history: FedEx reliability report.
FedEx's 90-day uptime of 100.00% is above the Shipping category average of 99.84% across the 11 services StatusBird monitors in that category.
FedEx risk in the next 24 hours
StatusBird's stack risk model puts the chance of any FedEx degradation in the next 24 hours at 2% (normal) and the chance of a major or critical outage at 0% (normal). It is scored every 10 minutes from four inputs: how often FedEx has had an episode over the last 180 days, whether it has had one in the last 24 hours or 7 days, how often its degradations turn into major outages, and whether the infrastructure it runs on is having trouble right now.
- 4 degraded-or-worse episodes in the last 180 days
- no major outages in the last 180 days
Scored Oct 08, 2026 16:36 UTC, and rescored every 10 minutes. Method: how StatusBird measures and scores.
How do I get notified when FedEx has an outage?
Three options, from free to full coverage. Plan details are as published on StatusBird's pricing page and developer.fedex.com/api/en-us/home.html as of October 08, 2026.
- Free email alert on this page. The form above emails you when FedEx enters a major or critical outage and again when it recovers. No account, no card.
- A StatusBird account. The free plan monitors 1 service with a live dashboard and a day-after incident digest. Pro ($29/month) checks all 84 services every 2 minutes and alerts by SMS, email, Slack, Teams or Discord, with quiet hours and per-service thresholds; Business is $49/month and Agency $99/month. Create a free account.
- FedEx's own status page. developer.fedex.com/api/en-us/home.html offers the subscription options on developer.fedex.com/api/en-us/home.html, where available. It is the official record and worth subscribing to alongside any monitor; it updates when FedEx confirms an incident.
Full guide: Best downtime alert services for online store owners (2026).
About FedEx
Global shipping and courier service. FedEx disruptions affect delivery timelines, rate quotes, and package tracking for your shipments.
StatusBird monitors FedEx every 2 minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When an outage or degradation is detected, StatusBird sends instant alerts so you can act before your customers notice. The 30-day uptime percentage and incident history above reflect live data from our monitoring network.
FedEx last five incidents
Every non-operational episode StatusBird measured in the last 90 days, newest first, labelled by the worst status reached. The availability figures above count major and critical outages only.
| Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Worst status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 03:14 | Sep 11, 2026 03:16 | 2 minutes | degraded |
| Aug 15, 2026 18:50 | Aug 15, 2026 18:52 | 2 minutes | degraded |
| Aug 15, 2026 13:50 | Aug 15, 2026 13:52 | 2 minutes | degraded |
3 episodes in total over the last 90 days, 0 of them major or critical.
What to do when FedEx is down
When FedEx goes down, do three things first: confirm the outage is on their side, protect whatever the outage is breaking in your store, and tell affected customers before they find out the hard way. This playbook walks through each step for FedEx specifically.
How do I confirm FedEx is actually down?
Check two independent sources before changing anything in your store. First, StatusBird's live FedEx status page, which is based on independent checks every 2 minutes. Second, FedEx's own status page at developer.fedex.com/api/en-us/home.html. If the official page still shows green, do not assume you are wrong: vendors often acknowledge incidents well after they start. If both look clean, the problem is more likely your store's configuration or a specific integration.
What does a FedEx outage look like?
- FedEx label creation fails in your shipping software or via API
- FedEx rate options disappear from checkout or return errors
- Tracking numbers show no updates or tracking pages fail to load
- fedex.com or the developer API portal is unreachable or erroring
- Address validation calls to FedEx fail during checkout
What breaks in your store
When FedEx's systems are down, stores cannot generate FedEx labels, so FedEx-bound orders stack up unshipped and daily pickup cutoffs get missed. Checkouts that quote live FedEx rates show errors or missing shipping options, which can block customers from completing orders if FedEx is the only method offered. Tracking updates stop flowing, so customers see stale tracking pages and support tickets spike, even though trucks and planes are usually still moving packages.
For context, FedEx has had no major incidents in the last 90 days of StatusBird's independent monitoring (100.0% availability), so a real outage is unusual. That makes it easy to mistake one for a problem on your end, which is why confirming first matters.
What to do during the outage
- Offer UPS or USPS as substitute methods for orders that must ship today.
- Configure fallback flat rates at checkout so a FedEx rate API failure never blocks order completion.
- Hold non-urgent FedEx shipments and batch-print labels once the API recovers.
- Ask your FedEx account rep or local station about manual airbill options for critical express shipments.
- Add a banner to your tracking page noting that FedEx tracking updates are delayed to reduce ticket volume.
These steps follow the same logic Google codifies in its Site Reliability Engineering chapter on managing incidents: establish what is actually happening, contain the damage, and communicate clearly while the incident is still running.
Frequently asked questions
FedEx tracking is frozen. Are packages actually delayed or just the tracking?
Usually just the tracking. System outages typically stop scan data from reaching the website and API while the physical network keeps operating, and events backfill after recovery. Only weather events or announced service disruptions typically mean the parcels themselves are delayed.
I missed my FedEx pickup because labels would not print. What now?
Print the labels once systems recover and either schedule a new pickup or drop packages at a FedEx location to recover a few hours. For express shipments on deadlines, ask about later cutoffs at your nearest station or hub, which often accept packages later than driver pickups.
After the outage
Once FedEx recovers, verify the affected workflows end to end rather than trusting the status page. Note the start and end times while they are fresh: if you are on a paid FedEx plan with an SLA, documented downtime is what a service credit claim is built on. See how to claim SLA credits for the process.
How this data is measured
StatusBird checks FedEx's status every 2 minutes, around the clock, independently of the vendor. The availability figure counts major and critical outages only; minor degradation is excluded so numbers are not skewed by vendors that report small blips near-continuously. Grades run from A+ to F. See the live numbers on the FedEx reliability page and current status on the FedEx status page, or browse all 84 service grades.
This playbook was published separately until September 2026. It now lives here, alongside the live FedEx status it applies to.
FedEx status FAQ
Is FedEx down right now?
No. FedEx is operational in StatusBird's independent monitoring. That state began Sep 11, 2026 at 03:16 UTC and has lasted 27 days 13 hours. Last checked Oct 08, 2026 at 16:36 UTC.
How often does FedEx go down?
StatusBird recorded zero major or critical FedEx incidents in the last 90 days, at 100.00% availability and a A+ reliability grade. Minor degradation is excluded from that figure.
How long do FedEx outages usually last?
StatusBird measured no major or critical FedEx outages in the last 90 days. Counting every non-operational episode, including degraded performance, the average length was 2 minutes.
What is the chance FedEx has a problem in the next 24 hours?
StatusBird's stack risk model puts the chance of any FedEx degradation in the next 24 hours at 2% (normal) and the chance of a major or critical outage at 0% (normal). It is scored every 10 minutes from four inputs: how often FedEx has had an episode over the last 180 days, whether it has had one in the last 24 hours or 7 days, how often its degradations turn into major outages, and whether the infrastructure it runs on is having trouble right now.
What should I do when FedEx goes down?
Confirm the outage is on FedEx's side rather than in your store, protect whatever the outage is breaking, and tell affected customers before they find out the hard way. The full step-by-step playbook for a FedEx outage is on this page, under 'What to do when FedEx is down'.
How do I get notified when FedEx goes down?
Use the free email alert form on this page, which needs no account and covers major and critical outages. Or open a StatusBird account: the free plan monitors 1 service with a next-day digest, and Pro at $29 a month checks all 84 services every 2 minutes and alerts by SMS, email, Slack, Teams or Discord, or subscribe to FedEx's own status page at developer.fedex.com/api/en-us/home.html.
What should I do when FedEx goes down? The full playbook is on this page.
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"Every figure we publish comes from the same 2-minute checks that trigger our customers' alerts. We publish the data exactly as we measured it, and anyone is free to cite it."
Sydney Murphy, founder of StatusBird
Cite this data: StatusBird monitoring data, https://statusbird.io/status/fedex, accessed October 08, 2026. See the methodology for how these numbers are measured.
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