MongoDB incident

Atlas UI and API Periodic Unavailability

Resolved after 1 hour 6 minutes, affecting MongoDB Cloud, on August 18, 2026.

monitoring Aug 18, 2026, 03:04 PM UTC

We have disabled the workload and are monitoring the situation

Started
Aug 18, 2026, 02:10 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 18, 2026, 03:17 PM UTC
Duration
1h 6m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 18, 2026, 02:10 PM UTC

Affected components

MongoDB Cloud

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 18, 2026, 02:10 PM UTC

    We are investigating an issue where customers periodically cannot access the Atlas UI or utilize the API. Customer clusters are unaffected.

  2. identified Aug 18, 2026, 02:57 PM UTC

    We have identified a new workload that was putting more load than expected on the backing system. We are working on disabling it. Customer clusters remain unaffected.

  3. monitoring Aug 18, 2026, 03:04 PM UTC

    We have disabled the workload and are monitoring the situation

  4. resolved Aug 18, 2026, 03:17 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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