Astronomer incident

KPO podspec changes for GPU-enabled nodes may cause KPO pod startup failures

Minor Resolved

Astronomer experienced a minor incident on August 4, 2026, lasting 1h 29m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 04, 2026, 03:11 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 04, 2026, 04:40 PM UTC
Duration
1h 29m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 04, 2026, 03:11 PM UTC

Update timeline

  1. identified Aug 04, 2026, 03:11 PM UTC

    We've identified a change that enabled GPU support for KubernetesPodOperator pods had an unintended side effect when reading pod specs without proper limits set in the expected format. We're working on a fix, if you notice any unexpected failures for KPO tasks in your Astro deployments, please open a support ticket.

  2. monitoring Aug 04, 2026, 03:15 PM UTC

    We have rolled back the changes that triggered this issue and are monitoring the issue for confirmation that this issue is resolved.

  3. resolved Aug 04, 2026, 04:40 PM UTC

    Mitigations have been successful. A Platform release that corrects this errant behavior is being worked on now. Issue is resolved.