What is AI Provider Status Monitoring?

AI provider status monitoring tracks the operational health of major AI service providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Mistral. These providers power applications ranging from chatbots to code assistants, and any downtime or degraded performance can immediately impact your users and business operations.

This tool aggregates real-time status information from official Statuspage.io APIs, providing a unified dashboard to monitor all your AI providers in one place. Status is automatically refreshed every 5 minutes to ensure you have up-to-date information.

How to Use This Tool

Check Overall Status

The summary banner at the top shows whether all providers are operational or if any have issues. Green means all systems are normal.

Review Individual Providers

Each provider card shows current status (operational, degraded, or outage), a description, and any active incidents affecting their services.

Visit Official Pages

Click "Official Status Page" links for detailed incident timelines, historical uptime, and subscription options for email/SMS alerts.

Manual Refresh

Use the Refresh button to fetch the latest status immediately during active incidents when you need real-time updates.

Understanding Status Levels

Operational

All systems functioning normally. API requests should complete successfully with expected latency.

Degraded

Partial system impairment. Expect slower responses, intermittent errors, or reduced capacity. Consider fallbacks.

Outage

Major service disruption. Most or all requests will fail. Activate fallback providers or queue requests for retry.

Pro Tip: Building Resilient AI Applications

Don't rely on a single AI provider for critical applications. Configure fallback providers (e.g., switch to Claude if GPT-4 is down) and implement circuit breakers that automatically route traffic during outages. Services like LiteLLM and OpenRouter provide built-in fallback routing across multiple providers.

Incident Response Best Practices

Subscribe to status updates — Sign up for email or SMS notifications on official status pages to get alerted immediately when incidents occur or are resolved.

Configure fallback providers — Set up alternative providers for mission-critical applications. If OpenAI is down, route to Anthropic or Google automatically.

Implement exponential backoff — When requests fail, retry with increasing delays (1s, 2s, 4s, 8s) to avoid overwhelming recovering systems and to gracefully handle transient errors.

Monitor your own metrics — Track error rates, latency, and success rates in your application. Sometimes you'll detect issues before they appear on official status pages.

Implementing Fallback Logic

Here's an example of implementing provider fallback in your application:

# Python example: Provider fallback with retry
import time
from openai import OpenAI, APIError
from anthropic import Anthropic

PROVIDERS = [
    ("openai", OpenAI()),
    ("anthropic", Anthropic()),
]

def call_llm_with_fallback(prompt, max_retries=3):
    for provider_name, client in PROVIDERS:
        for attempt in range(max_retries):
            try:
                if provider_name == "openai":
                    return client.chat.completions.create(
                        model="gpt-4o-mini",
                        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
                    )
                elif provider_name == "anthropic":
                    return client.messages.create(
                        model="claude-3-haiku-20240307",
                        max_tokens=1000,
                        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
                    )
            except Exception as e:
                wait_time = 2 ** attempt
                print(f"{provider_name} failed, retrying in {wait_time}s...")
                time.sleep(wait_time)
        print(f"{provider_name} exhausted, trying next provider")
    raise Exception("All providers failed")

Important: Status Data Limitations

Status page updates may lag behind actual incidents by several minutes. Providers typically confirm issues before updating public status. For mission-critical applications, implement your own health checks that ping provider APIs directly with test requests.

Frequently Asked Questions

How often is status data updated?

Our backend fetches status from official Statuspage.io APIs every 5 minutes. During active incidents, providers typically update their status pages every 5-15 minutes with progress reports. For real-time updates during critical outages, visit the official status pages directly.

Why doesn't Google show real-time status?

Google Cloud uses a different status system than Statuspage.io. Their Vertex AI and Gemini API status is available on the Google Cloud Status Dashboard, but it doesn't provide a public JSON API. We link to their official page for detailed status information.

What should I do during an outage?

First, verify the outage by checking the official status page. Then activate any configured fallback providers. Queue failed requests for retry once service is restored. Communicate with users if the outage affects user-facing features. Subscribe to status updates for resolution notifications.

How can I get instant notifications?

Visit each provider's official status page and click "Subscribe to Updates." Most providers offer email, SMS, Slack, and webhook notifications. You can also use third-party monitoring services like Instatus or BetterUptime to aggregate alerts from multiple providers.

Do provider SLAs cover outages?

Enterprise plans typically include SLAs with uptime guarantees (e.g., 99.9%) and service credits for violations. Standard API access usually has no SLA. Check your provider's terms of service for specific commitments and credit policies.