Confluent incident

Delay in Kafka cluster provisioning

Minor Ongoing View vendor source →

Confluent is currently experiencing a minor incident affecting Confluent Cloud, which began 3h ago. The vendor's full update timeline is below.

Started
Oct 16, 2026, 01:04 AM UTC
Resolved
Ongoing
Duration
● 2h 49m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 16, 2026, 01:04 AM UTC

Affected components

Confluent Cloud

Update timeline

  1. investigating Oct 16, 2026, 01:04 AM UTC

    We are investigating an issue that is causing delays in Kafka cluster provisioning in all regions. Existing clusters are not affected and continue to operate normally. We will provide another update within 60 minutes.

  2. investigating Oct 16, 2026, 02:26 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the delays in Kafka cluster provisioning in all regions and are actively working on mitigation. Existing clusters continue to operate normally. Our next update will be posted by 3:30 UTC or as more information becomes available.

  3. identified Oct 16, 2026, 03:34 AM UTC

    We have identified the cause of the delays in Kafka cluster provisioning in all regions and are working on mitigation. Existing clusters continue to operate normally. Our next update will be posted by 4:30 UTC or as more information becomes available.