A 5xx status means a server could not complete the request. The status code alone does not establish that Airtable is down or identify which service failed. Check this page for reported Airtable incidents. You can also sign up there to receive real-time notifications. If the error persists, or no relevant incident is listed, contact our support team with the exact error and the action that triggered it so we can help troubleshoot.
Here are the general meanings of common HTTP error codes. For a response confirmed to come from Airtable, see its Airtable errors reference:
| The server encountered an unexpected condition. |
| A gateway or proxy received an invalid response from another server. |
| The server is temporarily unable to handle the request, for example because of overload or maintenance. |
The historical examples below include server and connection errors. Messages without an HTTP status code, such as a pattern-mismatch or connection message, do not by themselves establish an HTTP 500 error or an Airtable outage:
503 - undefined<html><title>Error 500 (Internal Server Error)!</title></html>The string did not match the expected pattern.The service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.
