Confluent incident

Delay in Kafka cluster provisioning

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

Confluent experienced a minor incident on October 16, 2026 affecting Confluent Cloud, lasting 7h 18m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Oct 16, 2026, 01:04 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 16, 2026, 08:23 AM UTC
Duration
7h 18m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 16, 2026, 01:04 AM UTC

Affected components

Confluent Cloud

Update timeline

  1. investigating Oct 16, 2026, 01:04 AM UTC

    We are investigating an issue that is causing delays in Kafka cluster provisioning in all regions. Existing clusters are not affected and continue to operate normally. We will provide another update within 60 minutes.

  2. investigating Oct 16, 2026, 02:26 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the delays in Kafka cluster provisioning in all regions and are actively working on mitigation. Existing clusters continue to operate normally. Our next update will be posted by 3:30 UTC or as more information becomes available.

  3. identified Oct 16, 2026, 03:34 AM UTC

    We have identified the cause of the delays in Kafka cluster provisioning in all regions and are working on mitigation. Existing clusters continue to operate normally. Our next update will be posted by 4:30 UTC or as more information becomes available.

  4. identified Oct 16, 2026, 04:34 AM UTC

    We are continuing to work on mitigation for the delays in Kafka cluster provisioning. Existing clusters continue to operate normally. Our next update will be posted by 5:30 UTC or as more information becomes available

  5. identified Oct 16, 2026, 04:35 AM UTC

    We are continuing to work on mitigation for the delays in Kafka cluster provisioning. Existing clusters continue to operate normally. Our next update will be posted by 5:30 UTC or as more information becomes available

  6. identified Oct 16, 2026, 05:26 AM UTC

    We are continuing to work on mitigation for the delays in Kafka cluster provisioning. Existing clusters continue to operate normally. Clusters provisioned during this window may take longer than usual to become available. Our next update will be posted by 6:30 UTC or as more information becomes available

  7. monitoring Oct 16, 2026, 06:47 AM UTC

    We have mitigated the issue that was causing delays in Kafka cluster provisioning and we are now monitoring the health of new cluster provisioning. Existing clusters were not affected. We will post our next update by 07:30 UTC, or sooner if there is new information

  8. monitoring Oct 16, 2026, 07:02 AM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  9. resolved Oct 16, 2026, 08:23 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.