Temporary order rejections

Incident Report for Alpaca

Resolved

We experienced a brief period of order rejections caused by an upstream venue rate limit being exceeded during a short burst of order traffic.
The issue lasted approximately two seconds and has since stabilized. Orders are now processing normally.
We are reviewing follow-up improvements to reduce the likelihood of similar rate-limit events.
Posted Aug 27, 2026 - 05:28 EDT
This incident affected: Live Trading API (Orders API).