Outage in Confluent
Elevated error rates in Azure Germany West Central region
Resolved MajorIncident Report
Summary AI Generated
Confluent Cloud clusters in Microsoft Azure's Germany West Central region experienced degraded availability and intermittent connectivity for approximately 5 hours on September 22, 2026, beginning at 13:00 UTC. The disruption was caused by an underlying Microsoft Azure regional outage. The incident was resolved by 18:00 UTC, with full cluster operability confirmed and the incident formally closed at 19:58 UTC.
We are investigating connectivity issues and elevated error rates affecting some Confluent Cloud clusters hosted in Microsoft Azure's Germany West Central region, beginning at approximately 13:00 UTC on 22 Sep 2026. Affected customers may experience degraded availability or intermittent connectivity for clusters in the region.
This is associated with an ongoing Microsoft Azure service disruption in that region. We are actively engaged with Microsoft Azure.
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RESOLVED
11 days ago - at 09/22/2026 07:58PM
This incident has been resolved. Clusters in the Azure's Germany West Central region are now fully operational.
MONITORING
11 days ago - at 09/22/2026 07:35PM
The Azure regional disruption has ended, and Confluent Cloud mitigation was achieved as of 18:00 UTC. Clusters in the Azure's Germany West Central region are now fully operational. We will monitor for residual impact before marking this incident resolved.
INVESTIGATING
11 days ago - at 09/22/2026 03:09PM
We are investigating connectivity issues and elevated error rates affecting some Confluent Cloud clusters hosted in Microsoft Azure's Germany West Central region, beginning at approximately 13:00 UTC on 22 Sep 2026. Affected customers may experience degraded availability or intermittent connectivity for clusters in the region.
This is associated with an ongoing Microsoft Azure service disruption in that region. We are actively engaged with Microsoft Azure.
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