API Gateway Maintenance - May 11th
Identified - Planned maintenance on the API Gateway is being conducted on 5/11 at 10:00PM ET in Production. Services are expected to remain available, though a brief interruption to any API is possible.
May 06, 2026 - 15:27 EDT
VA Facilities API is experiencing Degraded Performance in Production and Sandbox.
Investigating - Due to a delay in an upstream data source, health facilities opened after September 2025 do not appear in API results.
Feb 20, 2026 - 10:09 EST

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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 Operational
Production Environment Operational
Sandbox Environment Operational
Benefits Claims API - v2 Operational
Production Environment Operational
Sandbox Environment Operational
Benefits Documents API Operational
Production Environment Operational
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) - v0 Operational
Production Environment Operational
Sandbox Environment Operational
Clinical Health API (FHIR) - v1 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 Operational
Production Environment Operational
Sandbox Environment Operational
Education Benefits API Operational
Production Environment Operational
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 Degraded Performance
Production Environment Degraded Performance
Sandbox Environment Degraded Performance
VA Forms API Operational
Production Environment Operational
Sandbox Environment Operational
VA Letter Generator API Operational
Production Environment Operational
Sandbox Environment Operational
Veteran Confirmation API Operational
Production Environment Operational
Sandbox Environment Operational
Veteran Service History and Eligibility API Operational
Production Environment Operational
Sandbox Environment Operational
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Maintenance

Scheduled Maintenance

VA systems scheduled maintenance May 8, 2026 20:00 - May 9, 2026 11:00 EDT

VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 05/08 at 08:00 PM and ending 05/09 at 11:00 AM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Education Benefits API.
Posted on May 04, 2026 - 14:28 EDT

VA systems scheduled maintenance May 9, 2026 13:30-22:00 EDT

VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 05/09 at 01:30 PM and ending 05/09 at 10:00 PM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Appealable Issues API, Appeals Status API, Benefits Claims API - v1, Benefits Claims API - v2, Benefits Documents API, Benefits Reference Data 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 May 06, 2026 - 09:58 EDT

VA systems scheduled maintenance May 17, 2026 10:00-19:00 EDT

VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 05/17 at 10:00 AM and ending 05/17 at 07:00 PM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Clinical Health API (FHIR) - v1, Health Care Costs and Coverage API, Patient Health API (FHIR).
Posted on May 01, 2026 - 12:13 EDT
May 7, 2026

No incidents reported today.

May 6, 2026

Unresolved incident: API Gateway Maintenance - May 11th.

May 5, 2026

No incidents reported.

May 4, 2026

No incidents reported.

May 3, 2026
VA systems scheduled maintenance
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
May 3, 20:00 EDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
May 1, 15:00 EDT
Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 05/01 at 03:00 PM and ending 05/03 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, Benefits Intake API, Decision Reviews API.
Apr 29, 14:04 EDT
May 2, 2026
VA systems scheduled maintenance
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
May 2, 23:00 EDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
May 2, 18:00 EDT
Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 05/02 at 06:00 PM and ending 05/02 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.
May 1, 13:26 EDT
VA systems scheduled maintenance
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
May 2, 15:30 EDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
May 2, 13:30 EDT
Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 05/02 at 01:30 PM and ending 05/02 at 03:30 PM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Benefits Claims API - v1, Benefits Claims API - v2, Benefits Reference Data 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.
Apr 30, 09:59 EDT
May 1, 2026
Major sandbox outage for VA Letter Generator API
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
May 1, 18:26 EDT
Investigating - VA Letter Generator 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.
May 1, 16:59 EDT
Community Care Eligibility API is experiencing Outage in Sandbox.
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
May 1, 13:24 EDT
Monitoring - A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
May 1, 11:18 EDT
Identified - Community Care Eligibility is affected by an unexpected issue resulting in an outage. We’re working on this issue and will give updates as soon as they become available.
May 1, 09:47 EDT
Apr 30, 2026
Temporary Disruption to the Benefits Claims v1/v2 APIs
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Apr 30, 15:56 EDT
Identified - Upcoming updates may cause temporary disruption to the Benefits Claims v1/v2 APIs from 4/20 10:00am ET until 4/24 11:59pm ET.
Apr 20, 09:35 EDT
VA systems scheduled maintenance
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 30, 04:00 EDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 30, 01:00 EDT
Scheduled - OAuth-based VA APIs will be impacted due to an external dependency 4/30 from 1:00 AM to 4:00 AM, resulting in the degraded access using Login.gov for the Veteran Service History, Patient Health, Community Care and Benefits Claims APIs in Production.

During this time, ID.me remains available in Production and should be used as the alternative for ACG OAuth flows during this time.
Apr 29, 11:08 EDT
Apr 29, 2026
VA systems scheduled maintenance
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 29, 20:00 EDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 29, 13:53 EDT
Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 04/29 at 01:30 PM and ending 04/29 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, Benefits Reference Data 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. This was requested by Benefits.
Apr 29, 13:51 EDT
VA systems scheduled maintenance
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 29, 01:00 EDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 28, 21:00 EDT
Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 04/28 at 09:00 PM and ending 04/29 at 01:00 AM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Community Care Eligibility API.
Apr 24, 09:32 EDT
Apr 28, 2026
Production Environment: Community Care Eligibility API Under Maintenance
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Apr 28, 22:32 EDT
Investigating - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 04/28 at 09:00 PM and ending 04/29 at 01:00 AM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Community Care Eligibility API.
Apr 28, 21:21 EDT
VA systems scheduled maintenance
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 28, 20:00 EDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 28, 13:30 EDT
Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 04/28 at 1:30 PM and ending 04/28 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 Reference Data 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.
Apr 28, 10:06 EDT
Apr 27, 2026
Disruption in VA API dependencies for Sandbox and Production
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Apr 27, 17:08 EDT
Investigating - VA API dependencies will experience disruptions from 9:30 pm ET caused by emergency maintenance. As a result, some APIs in [production/sandbox] 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.
Apr 27, 17:03 EDT
Apr 26, 2026
VA systems scheduled maintenance
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 26, 20:00 EDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 26, 12:00 EDT
Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 04/26 at 12:00 PM and ending 04/26 at 08:00 PM. During this time, the following APIs and ACA endpoints will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Appealable Issues API, Appeals Status API, Benefits Claims API - v1, Benefits Claims API - v2, Benefits Documents API, Benefits Intake API, Benefits Reference Data API, Direct Deposit Management API, Education Benefits API, VA Forms API, VA Letter Generator API, Veteran Confirmation API, Veteran Service History and Eligibility API.
Apr 23, 09:48 EDT
VA systems scheduled maintenance
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 26, 16:00 EDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 26, 12:00 EDT
Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 04/26 at 12:00 PM and ending 04/26 at 04:00 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, Benefits Reference Data 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.
Apr 24, 14:46 EDT
VA systems scheduled maintenance
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 26, 09:00 EDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 26, 06:00 EDT
Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 04/26 at 06:00 AM and ending 04/26 at 09:00 AM. During this time, the following APIs and ACA endpoints will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Benefits Documents API, Direct Deposit Management API, VA Letter Generator API, Veteran Confirmation API, Veteran Service History and Eligibility API.
Apr 21, 16:17 EDT
Apr 25, 2026

No incidents reported.

Apr 24, 2026

No incidents reported.

Apr 23, 2026
VA systems scheduled maintenance
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 23, 21:00 EDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 23, 20:00 EDT
Scheduled - VA Systems will be undergoing maintenance starting 04/23 at 08:00 PM and ending 04/23 at 09:00 PM. During this time, the following APIs will be unavailable in the Production Environment: Education Benefits API.
Apr 21, 10:03 EDT
Sandbox Outage for Clinical Health API - Observation Resource Down
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Apr 23, 11:01 EDT
Investigating - Clinical Health API Observation Resource in Sandbox is affected by an unexpected issue, resulting in an outage.

We’re working on this issue and will give updates as soon as they become available.
Apr 23, 09:14 EDT
Sandbox outage for the Claims API -v1 Down
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Apr 23, 10:31 EDT
Investigating - Claims API -v1 in sandbox are affected by an unexpected issue, resulting in an outage.

We’re working on this issue and will give updates as soon as they become available.
Apr 23, 07:38 EDT
Potential Gateway Downtime - Thursday April 16
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Apr 23, 07:49 EDT
Identified - Conducting a configuration change to our APIs in Production on April 16th, around 11:00 PM ET, which may result in 60-120 seconds of downtime for all APIs on the gateway.
Apr 13, 12:40 EDT
Major sandbox-claims-v1-backend-health - Outage
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Apr 23, 04:15 EDT
Investigating - sandbox-claims-v1-backend-health in sanbox are 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.
Apr 22, 17:51 EDT
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