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Vercel: status and incident history today
Vercel Status shows no open incidents right now.
Last checked against Vercel Status.
Status now
No open incidents or maintenance right now.
20 incidents in the last 90 days (12 major). Most recent major: “Increased build and deployment failures” (2026-10-12). Consider retries, timeouts and a fallback path for this dependency. Not counted: 6 notices marked no impact.
Production checklist
Vercel production checklist: 6 checks before launch
- Should do: Protect preview deployments
- Should do: Scope environment variables per environment
- Should do: Turn on two-factor authentication for everyone on the team
Alternatives
AWS Lambda
Event-driven serverless compute service
Strengths
- Fully managed with auto-scaling
- Deep AWS service integration
Trade-offs
- AWS vendor lock-in
- Cold start latency
Azure Functions
Microsoft's serverless compute platform
Strengths
- Deep Azure integration
- Durable Functions for workflows
Trade-offs
- Azure vendor lock-in
- Cold starts on consumption plan
Google Cloud Functions
GCP's lightweight serverless compute
Strengths
- Simple HTTP-triggered functions
- Tight GCP integration
Trade-offs
- GCP vendor lock-in
- Limited max execution time
Cloudflare Workers
Serverless functions running on Cloudflare's edge network
Strengths
- Runs at the edge (low latency globally)
- No cold starts
Trade-offs
- JavaScript/TypeScript/Wasm only
- Different programming model than traditional serverless
Example stacks with Vercel
Docs and release notes
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