Outage in Confluent

Elevated Kafka REST API Errors in AWS us-west-2

Resolved Minor

February 24, 2026 - Started about 2 months ago - Lasted about 4 hours
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Summary AI Generated

Confluent Cloud experienced elevated Kafka REST API errors with error code 429 in AWS us-west-2, impacting Kafka eSKU clusters in the region. The issue caused rate limiting errors for users attempting to access the Kafka REST API. The incident was resolved after 3.9 hours once the fix was identified and deployed.

We are experiencing an elevated level of Kafka REST API Errors with error code 429 in AWS us-west-2 and are currently looking into the issue. This issue impacts Kafka eSKU clusters in this regions.

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RESOLVED about 2 months ago - at 02/25/2026 01:07AM

This incident has been resolved.

IDENTIFIED about 2 months ago - at 02/25/2026 12:33AM

Issue has been identified and we are currently deploying the fix.

INVESTIGATING about 2 months ago - at 02/24/2026 09:16PM

We are continuing to investigate this issue.

INVESTIGATING about 2 months ago - at 02/24/2026 09:16PM

We are currently working on a mitigation.

INVESTIGATING about 2 months ago - at 02/24/2026 09:15PM

We are experiencing an elevated level of Kafka REST API Errors with error code 429 in AWS us-west-2 and are currently looking into the issue. This issue impacts Kafka eSKU clusters in this regions.

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