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Outage in DigitalOcean

DNS API Service

Resolved Minor
June 04, 2026 - Started about 10 hours ago - Lasted about 2 hours
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Summary AI Generated

DigitalOcean's DNS API service experienced an outage for 1.6 hours that prevented users from creating, updating, or deleting domains and DNS records through both the Control Panel and API. The incident also disrupted dependent services including Let's Encrypt certificate provisioning, MongoDB cluster creation, App Platform deployments, and DigitalOcean Kubernetes cluster operations. The engineering team identified the root cause, implemented a fix, and confirmed full resolution of the issue.

Our Engineering team is investigating an issue impacting our DNS API service. During this time, users may experience issues performing domain and DNS record management operations from the Control Panel and API, including creating, updating, or deleting DNS records. As a result, services that rely on DNS API operations, such as Let's Encrypt certificate provisioning and MongoDB cluster creation, may also be impacted. We apologize for the inconvenience and will share an update once we have more information.

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RESOLVED about 8 hours ago - at 06/04/2026 11:47AM

Between 09:41 and 11:24 UTC, our Engineering team identified an issue impacting the DNS API service. During this period, users may have experienced issues performing domain and DNS record management operations through the Control Panel and API. Services dependent on DNS API operations, including Let's Encrypt certificate provisioning, MongoDB cluster creation, App Platform deployments, and DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) cluster create and delete operations, were also impacted.

Our Engineering team has confirmed that the underlying issue affecting the DNS API service has been fully resolved, and all affected services are now operating normally.

If you continue to experience any issues, please contact our Support team by opening a ticket. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

MONITORING about 8 hours ago - at 06/04/2026 11:39AM

Our Engineering team has implemented a fix to resolve the issue impacting our DNS API service. Users should now be able to perform domain and DNS record management operations successfully through the Control Panel and API. Additionally, services affected by this issue, including Let's Encrypt certificate provisioning, MongoDB cluster creation, App Platform deployments, and DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) cluster create and delete operations, should now be functioning as expected.

We are monitoring the situation closely and will share an update once the issue is resolved completely.

IDENTIFIED about 8 hours ago - at 06/04/2026 11:32AM

Our Engineering team has identified the cause of the issue impacting our DNS API service and is actively working on a fix. During this time, users may experience errors when attempting to create, update, or delete domains and DNS records through the Control Panel and API. As a result, services that depend on DNS API operations, including Let's Encrypt certificate provisioning, MongoDB cluster creation, App Platform deployments, and DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) cluster create and delete operations, may also be impacted.

We will post an update as soon as additional information is available.

INVESTIGATING about 9 hours ago - at 06/04/2026 10:59AM

Our Engineering team continues to investigate an issue impacting our DNS API service. During this time, users may experience issues performing domain and DNS record management operations from the Control Panel and API, including creating, updating, or deleting DNS records. As a result, services that depend on DNS API operations, including Let's Encrypt certificate provisioning, MongoDB cluster creation, App Platform deployments, and DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) cluster create and delete operations, may also be impacted.

We apologize for the inconvenience and will share more information as it becomes available.

INVESTIGATING about 10 hours ago - at 06/04/2026 10:12AM

Our Engineering team is investigating an issue impacting our DNS API service. During this time, users may experience issues performing domain and DNS record management operations from the Control Panel and API, including creating, updating, or deleting DNS records. As a result, services that rely on DNS API operations, such as Let's Encrypt certificate provisioning and MongoDB cluster creation, may also be impacted.

We apologize for the inconvenience and will share an update once we have more information.

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