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Outage in Balena.io

Elevated Device SSH Errors

Resolved Minor
February 26, 2026 - Started about 2 months ago - Lasted about 8 hours
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Summary AI Generated

Balena.io experienced elevated device SSH connection errors for 8.3 hours, specifically affecting direct SSH connections to devices established via balena-cli commands like `balena device ssh <uuid>`. The Web Terminal via dashboard and standard tunneling remained unaffected throughout the incident. The issue was identified, fixed, and resolved after monitoring confirmed the solution was working properly.

We're experiencing an elevated level of device SSH errors and are currently looking into the issue.

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RESOLVED about 2 months ago - at 02/27/2026 03:39AM

This incident has been resolved.

MONITORING about 2 months ago - at 02/27/2026 03:02AM

A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

IDENTIFIED about 2 months ago - at 02/27/2026 02:41AM

The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

INVESTIGATING about 2 months ago - at 02/26/2026 09:13PM

We are continuing to investigate this issue.
It only affects the direct SSH to device connection for example established via the balena-cli with balena device ssh . Web Terminal via the dashboard and standard tunnelling is not affected.

INVESTIGATING about 2 months ago - at 02/26/2026 07:20PM

We're experiencing an elevated level of device SSH errors and are currently looking into the issue.

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