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Check if Chef is down, official outages, user-reported issues, and outages map.

Current Chef status

Chef is working normally

Updated from Chef official status page a few minutes ago

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Chef service health. Issues reported in the last 24 hours

Check the number of user-reported issues over the past 24 hours, grouped into 20-minute intervals. It's normal to see occasional reports, which may be due to individual user issues rather than a broader problem. We only consider an issue widespread if there are multiple reports within a short timeframe.

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Chef recent outages and downtime history

IsDown has tracked 56 incidents since started monitoring Chef status in August 2020. We collect data from 4522+ services, and normalize the data to give you a clear picture of the impact of the outage. It will show official Chef outages and also issues that we're started by a spike in crowdsource reports.

Date Incident Duration
May 22, 2025
02:22 PM EDT
Major
Issue with habitat builder database
We have an isolated incident with our habitat database and we are investigating the issue. We wil...
about 9 hours
Mar 21, 2022
10:37 AM EDT
Minor
Authentication broken for Supermarket
We have identified that sign in for supermarket is not working. We are currently investigating th...
8 days
Jan 06, 2022
08:06 AM EST
Maintenance
Hosted Chef Extended Maintenance
We are seeing some issues with the upgraded DB performance after the upgrade today and working to...
3 months
Dec 22, 2021
08:41 AM EST
Minor
Hosted Chef Increased error rate
We are seeing increased Error rates in Hosted Chef , this seems to be because of an on going AWS ...
3 months
Aug 31, 2021
03:08 PM EDT
Minor
Timeouts and failed requests for package distribution infrastructure
We are experiencing network performance degradation due to a vendor.
7 months
Apr 21, 2021
01:59 PM EDT
Minor
Increased Error rate 5xx on Hosted Chef (api.chef.io/manage.chef.io)
We are facing increased 5xx Error rate on Hosted Chef. We have identified the problem and are wor...
11 months
Mar 11, 2021
01:12 AM EST
Minor
Increased Error rate 5xx on Hosted Chef (api.chef.io)
We are currently investigating increased error rate in Hosted Chef. We will keep you posted.
about 1 year
Jul 02, 2020
08:22 AM EDT
Minor
Hosted Chef - Manage UI is not saving/loading attributes
We are investigating an issue with Hosted Chef - Manage UI functionality. Please note this does...
over 1 year
Apr 16, 2020
07:06 PM EDT
Minor
Elevated connection rate and 500's
After upgrading PostgreSQL we are seeing database connections and CPU spikes. We're resizing the ...
almost 2 years
Feb 06, 2020
10:36 AM EST
Minor
Increased supermarket errors
We are investigating increased error rates and timeouts with supermarket.chef.io
about 2 years
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User comments about Chef status

See what users are saying about Chef issues that impacted them and how they are affected by the outage. You can see if other users are experiencing the same issues and if there are any workarounds or solutions.

  • Silvia - https://omnitruck.chef.io/ replies with: 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable .

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Chef is a configuration management tool that automates infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and management across networks, using a web console and API hosted on AWS.

Monitoring Chef since August 2020

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How to monitor the status of Chef and all your dependencies?

IsDown is a status page aggregator that monitors if Chef and all your dependencies are experiencing issues. We combine the status of all the services you dependent and provide a clear view of all your vendors health in one place. We not only monitor official information but also crowdsourced reports. That means that even when Chef, per example, doesn't report an outage, you will still be notified if other users are experiencing issues.

How IsDown monitors Chef?

IsDown monitors Chef health in almost real-time

Every few minutes we go to the status page of Chef (and 4,522+ other services) and check if they are experiencing issues. We collect the status and outage information of Chef's 20 components. Also, we not only monitor official sources but also user reports. Sometimes or a lot of times vendors take some time to report an incident, so by monitoring user reports we're able to alert you early.

The moment an issue is detected in Chef, IsDown sends an alert and updates your status page

Not only you will get notified, but IsDown offers notification filters, so you can choose which issues you want to be notified about. This way you avoid getting all the incidents from Chef and other services.

What you get when monitoring Chef with IsDown

Track Chef incidents and downtimes by severity

IsDown checks Chef official status page for major/minor outages or downtimes. A major outage is when Chef experiences a critical issue that severely affects one or more services/regions. A minor incident is when Chef experiences a small issue affecting a small percentage of its customer's applications. An example is the performance degradation of an application. The moment we detect a Chef outage, we send you an alert and update your dashboard and status page.

Get alerted as soon as users reports problems with Chef

Chef and other vendors don't always report outages on time. IsDown collects user reports to provide early detection of outages. This way, even without an official status update, you can stay ahead of possible problems.

All the details of Chef outages and downtimes

IsDown collects all information from the outages published in Chef status page to provide the context of the outage. If available, we gather the title, description, time of the outage, status, and outage updates. Another important piece of information is the affected services/regions which we use to filter the notifications that impact your business.

Prepare for upcoming Chef maintenance events

Chef publishes scheduled maintenance events on their status page. IsDown collects all the information for each event and creates a feed that people can follow to ensure they are not surprised by unexpected downtime or problems. We also send the feed in our weekly report, alerting the next maintenances that will take place.

Only get alerted on the Chef outages that impact your business

IsDown monitors Chef and all their 20 components that can be affected by an outage. IsDown allows you to filter the notifications and status page alerts based on the components you care about. For example, you can choose which components or regions affect your business and filter out all other outages. This way you avoid alert fatigue in your team.

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Our tool was build to be the best way to monitor all your external dependencies in one place. IsDown not only will help you monitor Chef but also 4,522 other services. Your team and customers will have a clear view of all your dependencies and their status, making it easier to identify and resolve issues.

Monitor Chef and all your external dependencies in real-time

Add all your dependencies to your dashboard. IsDown will monitor them in real-time and send you alerts when there is an issue. You can also create a status page for a bird-eye view and share it with your team.

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Get notified imediatelly when there's an issue with Chef or other services

Not only you will get notified, but IsDown offers notification filters, so you can choose which issues you want to be notified about. This way you avoid getting all the incidents from Chef and other services.

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Send outage information from Chef and other services to your tools

IsDown integrates with 20+ tools. Connect the status of Chef and 4,522 other vendors to your tools to receive vendor outage alerts exactly where your team needs them.

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Share Chef status in your status page

Create a status page that can easily be access by your team and customers. You can make it public or private, and customize it to your needs. This will be your first line of communication when there's the question 'Is Chef down?'

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Chef Downdetector vs IsDown

While Downdetector relies on user-submitted reports to detect Chef outages, IsDown monitors Chef's status page for verified, detailed incident information. Here's why official monitoring provides better reliability for your business:

Features
Downdetector
Official Chef status page monitoring with real-time incident details.
Monitor 4,522+ services including Chef in a single dashboard.
Instant Chef outage alerts sent to Slack, Teams, PagerDuty, and more.
Combined monitoring of Chef official status and user-reported issues.
Maintenance feed for Chef
Granular alerts filtering by Chef components and regions.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Chef down today?

Chef isn't down. You can check Chef status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors Chef official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported.

What is the current Chef status?

Chef is currently operational. You can check Chef status and incident details on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the latest outages and issues affecting customers.

Is there a Chef outage now?

No, there is no ongoing official outage. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

Is Chef down today or just slow?

Currently there's no report of Chef being slow. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

How are Chef outages detected?

IsDown monitors the Chef official status page every few minutes. We also get reports from users like you. If there are enough reports about an outage, we'll show it on the top of the page.

Is Chef having an outage right now?

Chef last outage was on May 22, 2025 with the title "Issue with habitat builder database"

How to check if Chef is down?

Why use IsDown to monitor Chef instead of the official status page?

Because IsDown is a status page aggregator, which means that we aggregate the status of multiple cloud services. You can monitor Chef and all the services that impact your business. Get a dashboard with the health of all services and status updates. Set up notifications via Slack, Datadog, PagerDuty, and more, when a service you monitor has issues or when maintenances are scheduled.

How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring Chef?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if Chef is having problems. The big difference is that IsDown is a status page aggregator. IsDown monitors a service's official status page to give our customers a more reliable source of information instead of just relying on reports from users. The integration allows us to provide more details about Chef's Outages, like incident title, description, updates, and the parts of the affected service. Additionally, users can create internal status pages and set up notifications for all their third-party services.

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