dbt Cloud incident

[US Cell 2 AWS] Intermittent Job Failures

Resolved on February 17, 2026.

resolved Feb 17, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC

Starting at approximately 2:14 PM PST, some customers may have experienced job failures with the error message “Unexpected acquire failure.” Affected jobs may have failed to start or stalled during execution. The underlying issue has been identified and resolved. Systems are now operating normally, and jobs should now run successfully.

Started
Feb 17, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 17, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC
Duration
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Detected by Pingoru
Feb 17, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC

Update timeline

  1. resolved Feb 17, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC

    Starting at approximately 2:14 PM PST, some customers may have experienced job failures with the error message “Unexpected acquire failure.” Affected jobs may have failed to start or stalled during execution. The underlying issue has been identified and resolved. Systems are now operating normally, and jobs should now run successfully.

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