diff --git a/.changeset/nice-pillows-hide.md b/.changeset/nice-pillows-hide.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8a00be105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nice-pillows-hide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"trigger.dev": patch
+"@trigger.dev/core": patch
+---
+
+Added a hint about the `--force-local-build` flag on failed deployments due to upstream provider outages.
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/routes/api.v1.remote-build-provider-status.ts b/apps/webapp/app/routes/api.v1.remote-build-provider-status.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..555194e34d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/routes/api.v1.remote-build-provider-status.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import { json } from "@remix-run/node";
+import { err, fromPromise, fromSafePromise, ok } from "neverthrow";
+import z from "zod";
+import { logger } from "~/services/logger.server";
+import { type RemoteBuildProviderStatusResponseBody } from "@trigger.dev/core/v3/schemas";
+
+const DEPOT_STATUS_URL = "https://status.depot.dev/proxy/status.depot.dev";
+const FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 2000;
+
+export async function loader() {
+  return await fetchDepotStatus().match(
+    ({ summary: { ongoing_incidents } }) => {
+      if (ongoing_incidents.length > 0) {
+        return json(
+          {
+            status: "degraded",
+            message:
+              "Our remote build provider is currently facing issues. You can use the `--force-local-build` flag to build and deploy the image locally. Read more about local builds here: https://trigger.dev/docs/deployment/overview#local-builds",
+          } satisfies RemoteBuildProviderStatusResponseBody,
+          { status: 200 }
+        );
+      }
+
+      return json(
+        {
+          status: "operational",
+          message: "Depot is operational",
+        } satisfies RemoteBuildProviderStatusResponseBody,
+        { status: 200 }
+      );
+    },
+    () => {
+      return json(
+        {
+          status: "unknown",
+          message: "Failed to fetch remote build provider status",
+        } satisfies RemoteBuildProviderStatusResponseBody,
+        { status: 200 }
+      );
+    }
+  );
+}
+
+function fetchDepotStatus() {
+  return fromPromise(
+    fetch(DEPOT_STATUS_URL, {
+      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS),
+    }),
+    (error) => {
+      if (
+        error instanceof Error &&
+        (error.name === "TimeoutError" || error.name === "AbortError")
+      ) {
+        return {
+          type: "timeout" as const,
+        };
+      }
+
+      return {
+        type: "other" as const,
+        cause: error,
+      };
+    }
+  )
+    .andThen((response) => {
+      if (!response.ok) {
+        return err({
+          type: "other" as const,
+          cause: new Error(`Failed to fetch Depot status: ${response.status}`),
+        });
+      }
+
+      return fromSafePromise(response.json());
+    })
+    .andThen((json) => {
+      const parsed = DepotStatusResponseSchema.safeParse(json);
+
+      if (!parsed.success) {
+        logger.warn("Invalid Depot status response", { error: parsed.error });
+        return err({
+          type: "validation_failed" as const,
+        });
+      }
+
+      return ok(parsed.data);
+    });
+}
+
+// partial schema
+const DepotStatusResponseSchema = z.object({
+  summary: z.object({
+    ongoing_incidents: z.array(z.any()),
+  }),
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli-v3/src/apiClient.ts b/packages/cli-v3/src/apiClient.ts
index 6f65bce114..4a2f6232c0 100644
--- a/packages/cli-v3/src/apiClient.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-v3/src/apiClient.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import {
   PromoteDeploymentResponseBody,
   StartDeploymentIndexingRequestBody,
   StartDeploymentIndexingResponseBody,
-  TaskRunExecution,
   TriggerTaskRequestBody,
   TriggerTaskResponse,
   UpsertBranchRequestBody,
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ import {
   GetJWTResponse,
   ApiBranchListResponseBody,
   GenerateRegistryCredentialsResponseBody,
+  RemoteBuildProviderStatusResponseBody,
 } from "@trigger.dev/core/v3";
 import {
   WorkloadDebugLogRequestBody,
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import { ApiResult, wrapZodFetch, zodfetchSSE } from "@trigger.dev/core/v3/zodfe
 import { EventSource } from "eventsource";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { logger } from "./utilities/logger.js";
+import { VERSION } from "./version.js";
 
 export class CliApiClient {
   private engineURL: string;
@@ -328,6 +329,21 @@ export class CliApiClient {
     );
   }
 
+  async getRemoteBuildProviderStatus() {
+    return wrapZodFetch(
+      RemoteBuildProviderStatusResponseBody,
+      `${this.apiURL}/api/v1/remote-build-provider-status`,
+      {
+        method: "GET",
+        headers: {
+          ...this.getHeaders(),
+          // probably a good idea to add this to the other requests too
+          "x-trigger-cli-version": VERSION,
+        },
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
   async generateRegistryCredentials(deploymentId: string) {
     if (!this.accessToken) {
       throw new Error("generateRegistryCredentials: No access token");
diff --git a/packages/cli-v3/src/commands/deploy.ts b/packages/cli-v3/src/commands/deploy.ts
index 4c7bbd92bf..36f35d442e 100644
--- a/packages/cli-v3/src/commands/deploy.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-v3/src/commands/deploy.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,13 @@ import {
   printWarnings,
   saveLogs,
 } from "../deploy/logs.js";
-import { chalkError, cliLink, isLinksSupported, prettyError } from "../utilities/cliOutput.js";
+import {
+  chalkError,
+  cliLink,
+  isLinksSupported,
+  prettyError,
+  prettyWarning,
+} from "../utilities/cliOutput.js";
 import { loadDotEnvVars } from "../utilities/dotEnv.js";
 import { isDirectory } from "../utilities/fileSystem.js";
 import { setGithubActionsOutputAndEnvVars } from "../utilities/githubActions.js";
@@ -128,9 +134,7 @@ export function configureDeployCommand(program: Command) {
         ).hideHelp()
       )
       // Local build options
-      .addOption(
-        new CommandOption("--force-local-build", "Force a local build of the image").hideHelp()
-      )
+      .addOption(new CommandOption("--force-local-build", "Force a local build of the image"))
       .addOption(new CommandOption("--push", "Push the image after local builds").hideHelp())
       .addOption(
         new CommandOption("--no-push", "Do not push the image after local builds").hideHelp()
@@ -458,6 +462,17 @@ async function _deployCommand(dir: string, options: DeployCommandOptions) {
 
   const warnings = checkLogsForWarnings(buildResult.logs);
 
+  const canShowLocalBuildHint = !isLocalBuild && !process.env.TRIGGER_LOCAL_BUILD_HINT_DISABLED;
+  const buildFailed = !warnings.ok || !buildResult.ok;
+
+  if (buildFailed && canShowLocalBuildHint) {
+    const providerStatus = await projectClient.client.getRemoteBuildProviderStatus();
+
+    if (providerStatus.success && providerStatus.data.status === "degraded") {
+      prettyWarning(providerStatus.data.message + "\n");
+    }
+  }
+
   if (!warnings.ok) {
     await failDeploy(
       projectClient.client,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/v3/schemas/api.ts b/packages/core/src/v3/schemas/api.ts
index c86f302a66..b018b2a4a8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/v3/schemas/api.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/v3/schemas/api.ts
@@ -439,6 +439,15 @@ export const InitializeDeploymentRequestBody = z.object({
 
 export type InitializeDeploymentRequestBody = z.infer<typeof InitializeDeploymentRequestBody>;
 
+export const RemoteBuildProviderStatusResponseBody = z.object({
+  status: z.enum(["operational", "degraded", "unknown"]),
+  message: z.string(),
+});
+
+export type RemoteBuildProviderStatusResponseBody = z.infer<
+  typeof RemoteBuildProviderStatusResponseBody
+>;
+
 export const GenerateRegistryCredentialsResponseBody = z.object({
   username: z.string(),
   password: z.string(),