Issue #185: Temporary Streaming API Outage

I received a 503 error when trying to connect to a Twitter keyword filtered stream. The error code says:

503
Service Overloaded. You shouldn't see this error on the streaming API. If you do contact API team.

Updates

  • Engineers have identified the issue and are working to deploy a resolution to all affected stream clusters.
  • 2011-01-04 5:45pm Pacific: We expect to be fully recovered in 1-2 hours.
  • 2011-01-04 8:06pm Pacific: the streams have returned to normal. Please let us know if you continue experiencing issues.