Database issues
Was HeyGen down? HeyGen reported “Database issues” on Apr 1, 2026, 6:24 PM UTC. Full timeline below. This incident affects HeyGen — see live HeyGen status. Source: official vendor status feed.
Timeline
Apr 1, 2026, 6:49 PM UTC
Incident is now resolved. Error rates and general system health are back to normal ranges. We will follow up with a root cause analysis once investigation is complete.
Apr 1, 2026, 6:42 PM UTC
We've mitigated the issue - still identifying the root cause of the spike. Estimated that issues started appearing around 30 mins ago.
Apr 1, 2026, 6:30 PM UTC
We're investigating a table lock issue which is degrading service across both LiveAvatar + HeyGen services.
Apr 1, 2026, 6:24 PM UTC
We've identified an issue in the LiveAvatar database connections. We are looking into a fix right now. It's degrading some sessions from starting.
More HeyGen outages
- Video Agent OutageOct 4, 2026, 10:13 PM UTC · resolvedResolved
- HeyGen Video Workflow FailuresSep 18, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC · resolvedDegraded
- Seedance OutageSep 16, 2026, 6:55 PM UTC · resolvedPartial outage
- Video Agent GET /v3/video-agents/{session_id} 404s on all new sessionsSep 9, 2026, 7:25 PM UTC · resolvedPartial outage
- Increase load on our DB causing service degradationAug 20, 2026, 4:14 AM UTC · resolvedResolved
- Degraded ServiceAug 17, 2026, 3:26 PM UTC · resolvedDegraded