DataStax Astra incident
Azure us west 2: Potential Degraded Performance and Observability Impact
DataStax Astra experienced a minor incident on May 29, 2026 affecting westus2, lasting 17h 23m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating May 29, 2026, 05:55 AM UTC
We are currently observing potential issues in the Azure us west 2 region that may be impacting system performance. This could be contributing to degraded performance or error state and inconsistencies in observability, including delayed metrics or reduced visibility into system behavior. Issue stems from Azure cloud provider.
- identified May 29, 2026, 05:55 AM UTC
The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
- identified May 29, 2026, 07:46 AM UTC
We continue to monitor the ongoing Azure infrastructure issue impacting the WestUs2 region. At this time, customers may still experience degraded performance or error state and inconsistencies in observability, including delayed metrics or reduced visibility into system behavior. Azure has not yet confirmed full recovery for the affected region, and we remain engaged in monitoring the impact on our platform.
- resolved May 29, 2026, 11:19 PM UTC
Azure has updated their services and we observed recovery.