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Outage in DigitalOcean

Newly Created Managed Kubernetes Nodes

Resolved Minor
March 13, 2026 - Started about 8 hours ago - Lasted about 5 hours
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Summary AI Generated

DigitalOcean experienced a 5.2-hour incident where newly provisioned Managed Kubernetes nodes encountered DNS timeouts, specifically affecting customers running NAT Gateways within their VPC and VPC-native clusters. The DNS timeouts temporarily disrupted cluster services for affected configurations. The engineering team implemented a fix and confirmed resolution, with all cluster services returning to normal operation.

Our Engineering team is investigating an issue impacting newly provisioned Managed Kubernetes nodes. During this time, new nodes may experience DNS timeouts, which could temporarily affect cluster services. We apologize for the inconvenience and will share an update once we have more information.
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DigitalOcean Global

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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED about 2 hours ago - at 03/13/2026 04:35PM

Our Engineering team has confirmed the resolution of the issue impacting DNS timeouts for newly provisioned Managed Kubernetes nodes. At this time all cluster services should now be functioning normally. If you continue to experience problems, please open a ticket with our support team. We apologize for any inconvenience.

MONITORING about 5 hours ago - at 03/13/2026 01:55PM

Our Engineering team has implemented a fix to address the issue causing DNS timeouts for newly provisioned Managed Kubernetes nodes. Further investigation has confirmed that this issue primarily affected customers utilizing a NAT Gateway within their VPC and running a VPC-native cluster. We are actively monitoring the situation to ensure overall stability.

We appreciate your patience and will provide a further update once the issue is fully confirmed to be resolved.

IDENTIFIED about 7 hours ago - at 03/13/2026 12:32PM

Our Engineering team is investigating an issue impacting newly provisioned Managed Kubernetes nodes. During this time, Only customers who run a NAT Gateway in their VPC and a VPC-native clusters are affected and may experience DNS timeouts. We apologize for the inconvenience and will share an update once we have more information.

INVESTIGATING about 8 hours ago - at 03/13/2026 11:26AM

Our Engineering team is investigating an issue impacting newly provisioned Managed Kubernetes nodes. During this time, new nodes may experience DNS timeouts, which could temporarily affect cluster services. We apologize for the inconvenience and will share an update once we have more information.

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