Outage in Confluent
Elevated Error Rates in AWS me-central-1 region
Resolved MajorIncident Report
Summary AI Generated
Confluent Cloud services in the AWS me-central-1 region experienced elevated error rates for 4 hours starting at 12:51 PM UTC, caused by a disruption in AWS availability zone mec1-az2. The team identified the root cause as the AWS infrastructure issue and implemented mitigation steps to restore service health. All Confluent Cloud services in the region were fully restored and healthy by 21:15 PM UTC.
We are experiencing increased error rates in some of our Confluent Cloud services in the AWS me-central-1 region. This began at approximately 12:51 PM UTC today and is linked to a disruption in one of AWS’s availability zones (mec1-az2). Our team is actively applying mitigation steps and will provide updates as the situation evolves.
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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED
8 days ago - at 03/01/2026 10:05PM
This incident has been resolved. All Confluent Cloud services are now healthy in me-central-1 region.
MONITORING
8 days ago - at 03/01/2026 09:41PM
The problem has been mitigated as of 21:15 PM UTC today. All Confluent Cloud services are now healthy in me-central-1 region and we will monitor for any residual issues before resolving this incident in 1 hour.
IDENTIFIED
8 days ago - at 03/01/2026 06:48PM
We have identified the cause of the problem to be disruption in one of AWS’s availability zones (mec1-az2). We are taking steps to confirm the safest path to mitigation for any impacted Confluent Cloud services in this region.
INVESTIGATING
8 days ago - at 03/01/2026 06:08PM
We are experiencing increased error rates in some of our Confluent Cloud services in the AWS me-central-1 region. This began at approximately 12:51 PM UTC today and is linked to a disruption in one of AWS’s availability zones (mec1-az2). Our team is actively applying mitigation steps and will provide updates as the situation evolves.
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