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Please note: Major outages are outages that impact all users, no matter the duration. Incident reports are filed for outages that last more than 30 minutes, sporadic outages that cause repeated issues with our APIs, and outages that cause platform-wide impacts. We file updates to incident reports when there is new information to share.

Address Validation API Operational

Production Environment Operational

Sandbox Environment Operational

Appealable Issues API Operational

Production Environment Operational

Sandbox Environment Operational

Appeals Status API Operational

Production Environment Operational

Sandbox Environment Operational

Benefits Claims API - v1 Under Maintenance

Production Environment Under Maintenance

Sandbox Environment Operational

Benefits Claims API - v2 Under Maintenance

Production Environment Under Maintenance

Sandbox Environment Operational

Benefits Documents API Under Maintenance

Production Environment Under Maintenance

Sandbox Environment Operational

Benefits Intake API Operational

Production Environment Operational

Sandbox Environment Operational

Benefits Reference Data API Operational

Production Environment Operational

Sandbox Environment Operational

Clinical Health API (FHIR) Operational

Production Environment Operational

Sandbox Environment Operational

Community Care Eligibility API Operational

Production Environment Operational

Sandbox Environment Operational

Decision Reviews API Operational

Production Environment Operational

Sandbox Environment Operational

Direct Deposit Management API Under Maintenance

Production Environment Under Maintenance

Sandbox Environment Operational

Education Benefits API Under Maintenance

Production Environment Under Maintenance

Sandbox Environment Operational

Guaranty Remittance API Operational

Sandbox Environment Operational

Health Care Costs and Coverage API Operational

Production Environment Operational

Sandbox Environment Operational

Legacy Appeals API Operational

Production Environment Operational

Sandbox Environment Operational

Loan Guaranty API Operational

Production Environment Operational

Sandbox Environment Operational

Loan Review API Operational

Production Environment Operational

Sandbox Environment Operational

Patient Health API (FHIR) Operational

Production Environment Operational

Sandbox Environment Operational

VA Facilities API Operational

Production Environment Operational

Sandbox Environment Operational

VA Forms API Operational

Production Environment Operational

Sandbox Environment Operational

VA Letter Generator API Under Maintenance

Production Environment Under Maintenance

Sandbox Environment Operational

Veteran Confirmation API Under Maintenance

Production Environment Under Maintenance

Sandbox Environment Operational

Veteran Service History and Eligibility API Under Maintenance

Production Environment Under Maintenance

Sandbox Environment Operational

Operational

Degraded Performance

Partial Outage

Major Outage

Maintenance

Scheduled Maintenance

VA systems scheduled maintenance Feb `13`, `2026` `12:00` - Feb `16`, `2026` `12:00` EST

VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 02/13 at 12:00 PM and ending 02/16 at 12:00 PM. During this time, the following APIs may experience intermittent delays in the Production Environment: Benefits Claims API - v1, Benefits Claims API - v2, Benefits Documents API, Direct Deposit Management API, VA Letter Generator API, Veteran Confirmation API, Veteran Service History and Eligibility API. However, this maintenance will not impact the ACA endpoint.
Posted on Feb 10, 2026 - 09:51 EST

VA systems scheduled maintenance Feb `14`, `2026` `19:00` - Feb `15`, `2026` `11:00` EST

VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 02/14 at 07:00 PM and ending 02/15 at 11:00 AM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Benefits Claims API - v1, Benefits Claims API - v2, Benefits Documents API.
Posted on Feb 10, 2026 - 15:17 EST

VA systems scheduled maintenance Feb `15`, `2026` `20:00` - Feb `16`, `2026` `01:00` EST

VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 02/15 at 08:00 PM and ending 02/16 at 01:00 AM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Community Care Eligibility API.
Posted on Feb 10, 2026 - 08:59 EST

VA systems scheduled maintenance Feb `22`, `2026` `10:00`-`19:00` EST

VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 02/22 at 10:00 AM and ending 02/22 at 07:00 PM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Clinical Health API (FHIR), Health Care Costs and Coverage API, Patient Health API (FHIR).
Posted on Feb 06, 2026 - 11:07 EST

VA systems scheduled maintenance Feb `25`, `2026` `00:00`-`03:00` EST

VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 02/25 at 12:00 AM and ending 02/25 at 03:00 AM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Patient Health API (FHIR).
Posted on Jan 29, 2026 - 13:32 EST

Past Incidents

Feb 11, 2026

VA Facilities API is experiencing Degraded Performance in Production and Sandbox at this time

Resolved - Provider directory has been offline since 2024, so consumers should not be aware of the monitoring alert
Feb 11, 15:51 EST

Investigating - Due to a delay in an upstream data source, health facilities opened after September 2025 do not appear in API results.
Feb 10, 10:02 EST

Degraded performance of some APIs

Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Feb 11, 15:46 EST

Investigating - VA API dependencies are experiencing disruptions due to [a/an] event. As a result, some APIs in [sandbox]
APIs affected are sandbox-provider-directory and sandbox-provider-directory-v0-r4-location
We’re working on this issue and will give updates as soon as they become available.
Feb 11, 12:36 EST

[Major] [sandbox] outage for the [Individual API]

Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Feb 11, 11:23 EST

Investigating - [Individual API/API(s)] in [sandbox/production] [is/are] affected by an unexpected issue, resulting in a [major/partial] outage.

We’re working on this issue and will give updates as soon as they become available.
Feb 11, 11:11 EST

VA systems scheduled maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 11, 03:00 EST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 11, 00:00 EST

Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 02/11 at 12:00 AM and ending 02/11 at 03:00 AM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Patient Health API (FHIR).
Jan 29, 12:03 EST

Feb 10, 2026

VA systems scheduled maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 10, 23:00 EST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 10, 21:00 EST

Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 02/10 at 09:00 PM and ending 02/10 at 11:00 PM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Benefits Claims API - v1, Benefits Claims API - v2, Benefits Documents API.
Feb 10, 15:14 EST

VA systems scheduled maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 10, 20:00 EST

Update - Scheduled maintenance is still in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 10, 15:28 EST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 10, 14:00 EST

Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 02/10 at 02:00 PM and ending 02/10 at 08:00 PM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Benefits Claims API - v1, Benefits Claims API - v2, Benefits Documents API, Direct Deposit Management API, VA Letter Generator API, Veteran Confirmation API, Veteran Service History and Eligibility API. However, this maintenance will not impact the ACA endpoint.
Feb 10, 09:47 EST

Feb 9, 2026

VA Facilities API is experiencing Degraded Performance in Production and Sandbox at this time.

Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Feb 9, 23:21 EST

Investigating - Due to a delay in an upstream data source, health facilities opened after September 2025 do not appear in API results.
Dec 8, 16:07 EST

Degraded performance of some APIs

Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Feb 9, 17:18 EST

Monitoring - A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
Feb 9, 16:37 EST

Identified - VA API dependencies are experiencing disruptions due to nginx image events. As a result, some APIs production may have degraded performances, such as intermittent latencies and availability issues.

We’re working on this issue and will give updates as soon as they become available.
Feb 9, 12:25 EST

VA systems scheduled maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 9, 16:00 EST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 9, 13:40 EST

Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 02/09 at 01:30 PM and ending 02/09 at 04:00 PM. During this time, the following APIs may experience intermittent delays in the Production Environment: Direct Deposit Management API, Education Benefits API, VA Letter Generator API, Veteran Confirmation API, Veteran Service History and Eligibility API. However, this maintenance will not impact the ACA endpoint.
Feb 9, 13:38 EST

Feb 8, 2026

VA systems scheduled maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 8, 21:00 EST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 8, 15:00 EST

Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 02/08 at 03:00 PM and ending 02/08 at 09:00 PM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Benefits Claims API - v1, Benefits Claims API - v2, Benefits Documents API.
Feb 6, 13:11 EST

VA systems scheduled maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 8, 21:00 EST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 8, 15:01 EST

Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 02/08 at 03:00 PM and ending 02/08 at 09:00 PM. During this time, the following APIs may experience intermittent delays in the Production Environment: Direct Deposit Management API, VA Letter Generator API, Veteran Confirmation API, Veteran Service History and Eligibility API. However, this maintenance will not impact the ACA endpoint.
Feb 6, 13:20 EST

VA systems scheduled maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 8, 19:00 EST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 8, 13:19 EST

Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 02/08 at 01:00 PM and ending 02/08 at 07:00 PM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Benefits Reference Data API.
Feb 5, 08:52 EST

Feb 7, 2026

No incidents reported.

Feb 6, 2026

No incidents reported.

Feb 5, 2026

No incidents reported.

Feb 4, 2026

No incidents reported.

Feb 3, 2026

Production Decision Reviews API Major Outage

Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Feb 3, 07:08 EST

Investigating - We are currently investigating this issue.
Feb 3, 06:16 EST

Feb 2, 2026

VA systems scheduled maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 2, 22:01 EST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 2, 20:00 EST

Update - We will be undergoing scheduled maintenance during this time.
Feb 2, 18:45 EST

Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 02/02 at 08:00 PM and ending 02/02 at 10:00 PM EST. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Clinical Health API (FHIR), Patient Health API (FHIR).
Feb 2, 18:27 EST

VA systems scheduled maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 2, 22:00 EST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 2, 20:00 EST

Scheduled - Provider Directory API will be undergoing maintenance starting 02/02 at 08:00 PM and ending 02/02 at 10:00 PM EST. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Provider Directory.
Feb 2, 18:37 EST

Feb 1, 2026

VA systems scheduled maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 1, 19:00 EST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 1, 10:00 EST

Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 02/01 at 10:00 AM and ending 02/01 at 07:00 PM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Clinical Health API (FHIR), Health Care Costs and Coverage API, Patient Health API (FHIR), Provider Directory API.
Jan 21, 09:21 EST

VA systems scheduled maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Feb 1, 11:00 EST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Jan 31, 19:00 EST

Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 01/31 at 07:00 PM and ending 02/01 at 11:00 AM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Benefits Claims API - v1, Benefits Claims API - v2, Benefits Documents API.
Jan 30, 08:54 EST

Jan 31, 2026

Jan 30, 2026

VA systems scheduled maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Jan 30, 00:00 EST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Jan 29, 21:00 EST

Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting January 28th, 2026 at 9:00 PM EST and ending January 29th, 2026 at 12:00 AM EST. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the PROD environment: Loan Review API.
Jan 15, 11:20 EST

Jan 29, 2026

Veteran Service History and Eligibility API - Sandbox

Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Jan 29, 13:00 EST

Monitoring - A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
Jan 29, 12:59 EST

Identified - The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
Jan 29, 10:55 EST

Investigating - Veteran Service History and Eligibility API in sandbox is affected by an unexpected issue, resulting in a major outage. We’re working on this issue and will give updates as soon as they become available
Jan 29, 08:04 EST

Jan 28, 2026

VA systems scheduled maintenance

Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Jan 28, 01:00 EST

In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Jan 27, 21:00 EST

Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 01/27 at 09:00 PM and ending 01/28 at 01:00 AM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Community Care Eligibility API.
Jan 27, 10:05 EST