About Cohere API Status
Cohere provides Command-R, Command-R+, and Embed models optimized for enterprise RAG, search, and classification use cases with a dedicated Cohere API. This page tracks Cohere API outages, degradations, and incidents in real time, automatically updated every 60 seconds from our monitoring infrastructure.
Official status page: https://status.cohere.com
Common Cohere Outage Symptoms
- ✕HTTP 429 — rate limit exceeded on the Cohere API
- ✕HTTP 500 / 503 — server-side errors during capacity pressure
- ✕Elevated embed latency affecting downstream retrieval pipelines
- ✕Rerank endpoint errors during model updates
- ✕Streaming generation stalls on long Command-R+ responses
- ✕Chat history / tool-use context window errors at scale
What to Do During a Cohere Outage
- Honor the Retry-After header on 429 responses and apply exponential backoff starting at 1 s.
- Switch embed-heavy workloads to batch mode (/v1/embed with batched inputs) to reduce request volume.
- Switch to a BYOK proxy (AI Badgr) to get per-request receipts and automatic retry handling.
- Monitor the official Cohere status page at status.cohere.com for incident announcements.
- Degrade gracefully in RAG pipelines — return cached embeddings or lower-quality results during an incident.
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Cohere Outage FAQ
Is Cohere down right now?
This page checks our live monitoring infrastructure (updated every 60 s) which tracks the official Cohere status page and our own request telemetry. The status badge at the top reflects the current state.
Why is my Cohere embed pipeline failing?
Embed pipeline failures during a Cohere incident are usually caused by elevated latency or 503 errors on the /v1/embed endpoint. Use batch embedding to reduce the number of API calls, and implement retries with backoff.
How long do Cohere outages typically last?
Minor degradations usually resolve within 15–30 minutes. Major incidents affecting the core API can last 1–2 hours. Check the official status page at status.cohere.com for live incident updates.
Can I automatically failover away from Cohere during an outage?
Yes. AI Badgr can proxy Cohere-compatible requests and failover to alternate embedding or generation backends automatically. Change one configuration line and get transparent receipts for every request.
Does Cohere have the same API format as OpenAI?
No — the Cohere API uses a distinct schema. However, many frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex) abstract this behind a common interface. AI Badgr provides a compatibility layer for Cohere endpoints.
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