Steem API Health — Daily Report 2026-04-25
On 2026-04-25 (UTC) the monitor tracked 10 Steem API nodes with a global uptime of 99.84% across 24,670 measurements. Median latency across all nodes: 410 ms. Today's full picture and notable patterns below.
Measurements in this report come from multiple geographic locations thanks to community contributors. See the Sources page for the full list of operators feeding this dashboard.
Observations
- Longest outage today:
api.steem.fans, 5 consecutive failed minutes. - Fleet trend: median latency regressed by 117 ms vs. yesterday (+117 ms; now 410 ms).
- Latency change:
api.steem.fansslowed by 194 ms vs. yesterday (+194 ms; now 426 ms average). - Latency change:
api.campingclub.meslowed by 129 ms vs. yesterday (+129 ms; now 402 ms average). - Latency change:
api.steemit.comslowed by 102 ms vs. yesterday (+102 ms; now 658 ms average). - Latency change:
steem.senior.workers.devslowed by 100 ms vs. yesterday (+100 ms; now 419 ms average). - Fastest node:
api.moecki.onlineat 84 ms average. That is 324 ms below the fleet average of 408 ms across 10 nodes. - Slowest node:
steem.justyy.comat 780 ms average. That is 372 ms above the fleet average of 408 ms.
Nodes
| Node | Region | Uptime | Avg | p50 | p95 | p99 | Errors | Error classes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
api.moecki.online | eu-central | 100.00 % | 84 ms (avg of 3 sources) | 45 ms | 299 ms | 510 ms | 0 | — |
api2.steemyy.com | global | 100.00 % | 326 ms (avg of 3 sources) | 256 ms | 662 ms | 719 ms | 0 | — |
api.justyy.com | us-west | 100.00 % | 345 ms (avg of 3 sources) | 315 ms | 630 ms | 683 ms | 0 | — |
steemd.steemworld.org | eu-central | 99.96 % | 134 ms (avg of 3 sources) | 100 ms | 284 ms | 385 ms | 1 | timeout ×1 |
api.steemyy.com | unknown | 99.96 % | 505 ms (avg of 3 sources) | 445 ms | 862 ms | 1428 ms | 1 | http_5xx ×1 |
steem.justyy.com | us-central | 99.96 % | 780 ms (avg of 3 sources) | 614 ms | 1499 ms | 3918 ms | 1 | other ×1 |
steem.senior.workers.dev | global | 99.88 % | 419 ms (avg of 3 sources) | 380 ms | 786 ms | 1464 ms | 3 | other ×1, rpc_error ×2 |
api.campingclub.me | asia | 99.59 % | 402 ms (avg of 3 sources) | 225 ms | 1163 ms | 2257 ms | 10 | other ×4, rpc_error ×6 |
api.steem.fans | asia | 99.59 % | 426 ms (avg of 3 sources) | 203 ms | 1038 ms | 2285 ms | 10 | other ×3, rpc_error ×2, timeout ×5 |
api.steemit.com | us-east | 99.47 % | 658 ms (avg of 3 sources) | 527 ms | 1465 ms | 2640 ms | 13 | http_5xx ×1, other ×3, rpc_error ×1, timeout ×8 |
Latency distribution
Across 24,631 successful measurements today: 29.4 % under 200 ms, 70.0 % under 500 ms, 96.4 % under 1 000 ms. (3.6 % were slower than 1 second.)
Time-of-day pattern
Best hour today: 05:00–06:00 UTC (avg latency 322 ms, 590 measurements). Worst hour: 09:00–10:00 UTC (avg latency 522 ms, 1468 measurements).
Error pattern
Most common error today: timeout (35.9 %), followed by other (30.8 %), followed by rpc_error (28.2 %) (of 39 total errors).
Biggest outage of the day
api.steem.fans had a stretch of 5 consecutive failed minutes today. Full per-tick view: node detail page.
Best vs worst performance gap
The fastest node was 9.29× faster than the slowest today (84 ms vs 780 ms). Previous-week reference is not yet available; the trend line will appear in future reports.
Visual detail
Top: latency distribution per node. Middle: hourly performance. Bottom: cross-region comparison (when multi-source data is available).
Methodology: one condenser_api.get_dynamic_global_properties request per node every 60 seconds, 8-second timeout. Full rules and thresholds in MEASUREMENT-METHODOLOGY.
Want to make these reports more accurate?
Anyone can contribute measurements from their own server. The participant script runs in Docker (3 commands to install) and helps build a global view of node performance.
- Participant script and instructions: https://github.com/greece-lover/steemapps-monitor/tree/main/participant
- Full participation guide: https://github.com/greece-lover/steemapps-monitor/blob/main/docs/PARTICIPATE.md
- Request an API key: visit https://api.steemapps.com/join.html — fully automated, takes about 2 minutes.
Contributors get attribution on the Sources page.
Feedback wanted
Have ideas for additional metrics, views, or analyses you'd like to see? Leave a comment below — the report format is still evolving and your input shapes future versions.
Resources
- Live dashboard: https://api.steemapps.com
- API documentation: https://github.com/greece-lover/steemapps-monitor/blob/main/docs/API.md
- Source code: https://github.com/greece-lover/steemapps-monitor
- Methodology: https://github.com/greece-lover/steemapps-monitor/blob/main/docs/MEASUREMENT-METHODOLOGY.md
- Raw data of this report:
custom_jsonoperationsteemapps_api_stats_daily, transaction259567d6788cfe53426abd9b96c61c98ad672ae6in block1589 - Reporter account: @steem-api-health
- Operated by: @greece-lover (witness vote: https://steemitwallet.com/~witnesses)
Measurement window: 2026-04-25T00:00:00Z — 2026-04-26T00:00:00Z. Source location: contabo-de-1.