OVHcloud experienced a major infrastructure failure that made compute instances and Redis databases unreachable in the LIM1 region for 31.9 hours from May 2-3, 2026. The incident was caused by an unexpected underlying infrastructure malfunction that prevented customers from accessing their instances and databases in the affected region. Service was gradually restored with most instances becoming operational within the first day, and the remaining instances were fully restored by May 3rd.
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We are pleased to inform you that the incident affecting our Compute - Instance offering in LIM1 has been resolved.
Start time : 02/05/2026 12:18 UTC
End time : 03/05/2026 19:58 UTC
Root Cause : A service disruption occurred due to an unexpected underlying infrastructure malfunction.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused and appreciate your understanding.
We have new information regarding the incident that affected your service(s).
Please find below an update on the situation:
Update : The remaining instances are still being worked on by our team.
Ongoing Actions : The incident has been identified and our teams are mobilised to restore service as quickly as possible.
We will keep you updated on the progress and resolution.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused and appreciate your understanding.
We have new information regarding the incident that affected your service(s).
Please find below an update on the situation:
Update : Most instances are now operational again.
Ongoing Actions : Our team is working to fix the last remaining instances.
We will keep you updated on the progress and resolution.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused and appreciate your understanding.
We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
We are currently experiencing an ongoing incident. We have determined the origin of the issue affecting our Compute - Instance offer on the specific region.
Here are some supplementary details :
Start time : 02/05/2026 12:18 UTC
Impacted Service(s) : Some instances in the LIM1 region are unreachable.
Customers Impact : Customers are temporarily unable to access instances located on the specified regions and Redis Database.
Root Cause : A service disruption occurred due to an unexpected infrastructure failure
Ongoing Actions : The incident has been identified and our teams are mobilised to restore service as quickly as possible.
We will keep you updated on the progress and resolution.
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