Bird App incident

Issues with Vehicle Cache DB

Major Resolved View vendor source →

Bird App experienced a major incident on February 20, 2026 affecting Rides and Connectivity & Cellular and 1 more component, lasting 6h 38m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Feb 20, 2026, 06:13 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 21, 2026, 12:52 AM UTC
Duration
6h 38m
Detected by Pingoru
Feb 20, 2026, 06:13 PM UTC

Affected components

RidesConnectivity & CellularCommandsDrops / ReleasesRide StartTracksRide EndTasks

Update timeline

  1. investigating Feb 20, 2026, 06:13 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. investigating Feb 20, 2026, 07:28 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. investigating Feb 20, 2026, 09:03 PM UTC

    We are working with our external partners to determine root cause and a path towards resolution. We appreciate your continued patience.

  4. identified Feb 20, 2026, 09:54 PM UTC

    Root cause has been identified. We are working with our external partners to determine a long term solution, but in the meantime, we will be rolling back certain code changes believed to be contributing to performance degradation and expect performance recovery shortly.

  5. identified Feb 20, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC

    We have identified root cause and are implementing a fix.

  6. monitoring Feb 21, 2026, 12:33 AM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  7. resolved Feb 21, 2026, 12:52 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.