Replit incident
Some users are unable to publish apps with an external DATABASE_URL error
Replit experienced a minor incident on September 4, 2026 affecting Replit service, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Sep 01, 2026, 05:11 PM UTC
Some users are unable to publish their apps and may see errors related to databases. Our engineers are investigating, and we’ll share an update as more information becomes available.
- identified Sep 01, 2026, 06:25 PM UTC
We have identified a fix for failing app publishing and are rolling it out.
- monitoring Sep 02, 2026, 06:00 PM UTC
We have deployed a forward fix. Please contact support if you cannot deploy.
- monitoring Sep 02, 2026, 06:41 PM UTC
Production data is confirmed to be safe after a configuration error during deploys that impacted users on September 1st, 2026. The issue has been resolved going forward and we are working on a fix to restore impacted projects. If your project was impacted by this error please reach out to support.
- resolved Sep 04, 2026, 05:19 PM UTC
We've deployed a fix for the issue causing some projects to fail publishing with a DATABASE_URL error, and publishing should work normally now. If you're seeing missing data in your development database, columns that appear to be gone, or a migration with an unusually high number of drop statements, please contact support (replit.com/help) so we can look into it with you directly. Thanks for your patience while we worked through this.