Automattic incident
Temporary service degradation on select WP Cloud pool servers
Resolved after 1 hour 1 minute, on August 26, 2026.
During a routine upgrade, some WP Cloud servers entered a read-only state from approximately 14:25 to 14:50 UTC. Affected sites continued serving traffic, and no data was lost. File uploads, plugin updates, and other filesystem changes were unavailable until normal access was restored. We are monitoring the affected servers and verifying the full list of impacted hosts.
Update timeline
- resolved Aug 26, 2026, 01:24 PM UTC
The host-impact review is complete. The read-only state was observed from approximately 14:25 to 14:50 UTC on August 26, 2026. The following 30 pools were affected: BUR: 3, 74, 84, 240, 241, 242 DCA: 133, 168, 174, 192, 252, 253, 254, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278 DFW: 153, 231, 232, 233, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283
- monitoring Aug 26, 2026, 02:25 PM UTC
During a routine upgrade, some WP Cloud servers entered a read-only state from approximately 14:25 to 14:50 UTC. Affected sites continued serving traffic, and no data was lost. File uploads, plugin updates, and other filesystem changes were unavailable until normal access was restored. We are monitoring the affected servers and verifying the full list of impacted hosts.
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