Our Service Level Agreements (SLAs) define the expected timelines for acknowledging, communicating, and resolving service issues and incidents. These SLAs help ensure consistency, transparency, and a high‑quality experience for customers and internal teams.

Resolution time targets

How long it typically takes us to resolve different types of incidents:
Priority Time to resolution
P1 6 hours
P2 10 hours

 

Incident resolution times by priority

This table explains how we spot, prioritise, and keep you updated on DIP service issues — what we’ll share with you, how quickly, and through which channels:

Issue / Incident Description How we communicate Indicative timeframe / SLA
DIP service outage Unplanned loss of DIP availability affecting message submission or receipt
  • Major Incident distribution list
  • Support Enquiry Service alerts
  • Industry circular (DIP Manager)
Priority 1 (P1)

  • Initial comms within 30 minutes of Major Incident declaration
  • Updates every 1–2 hours
  • Industry circular will be sent out as soon as feasible after the initial Major Incident comms
DIP service degradation DIP available but operating below expected performance (e.g. delayed processing)
  • Major Incident distribution list
  • Support Enquiry Service alerts
  • Industry circular (DIP Manager)
Priority 2 (P2)

 

  • Initial comms within 30 minutes of Major Incident declaration
  • Updates every 2–4 hours
Message processing failure Validation, routing, or delivery errors within DIP
  • Major Incident distribution list
  • Support Enquiry Service alerts
  • Industry circular (DIP Manager)
Priority 2 (P2)

 

  • Initial comms within 30 minutes of Major Incident declaration
  • Updates every 2–4 hours
Connectivity / integration issue Issues between DIP and participant or connected systems
  • Major Incident distribution list
  • Support Enquiry Service alerts
  • Industry circular (DIP Manager)
Priority 2 (P2)

 

  • Initial comms within 30 minutes of Major Incident declaration
  • Updates every 2–4 hours

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