Grain incident

Platform instabilitiy

Resolved after 6 hours 8 minutes, affecting Grain Desktop App and Grain Web App, on May 13, 2026.

resolved May 13, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC

The team determined the root cause was related to index changes on a hot job queue table, leading to high CPU usage. The correct indexes were applied and the database returned to full health.

Started
May 13, 2026, 04:47 PM UTC
Resolved
May 13, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC
Duration
6h 8m
Detected by Pingoru
May 13, 2026, 04:47 PM UTC

Affected components

Grain Desktop AppGrain Web App

Update timeline

  1. investigating May 13, 2026, 04:47 PM UTC

    Platform is experiencing stability due to increased database load. The team is investigating and looking for mitigations.

  2. monitoring May 13, 2026, 05:48 PM UTC

    The team has deployed a fix and the database load is now back to normal. We are monitoring for any further issues.

  3. resolved May 13, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC

    The team determined the root cause was related to index changes on a hot job queue table, leading to high CPU usage. The correct indexes were applied and the database returned to full health.

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