dbt Cloud incident
[APAC AWS] Intermittent dbt package download failures
dbt Cloud experienced a minor incident on October 15, 2026, lasting 3h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Update timeline
- investigating Oct 15, 2026, 01:09 PM UTC
Status: Investigating We’re investigating intermittent failures during dbt deps that prevent some dbt Cloud jobs from downloading and installing packages. Affected runs receive a response that is not a valid gzip archive. The issue has been observed across multiple customer accounts, packages, and regions. Our findings point to the package CDN delivery path, but the root cause is not yet confirmed. Engineering is investigating, and we’ll provide updates as we learn more. Affected components Admin API (APAC AWS) (Degraded performance)
- investigating Oct 15, 2026, 01:56 PM UTC
Status: Investigating We’re continuing to investigate intermittent package download failures affecting dbt Cloud jobs. Some runs may fail during dbt deps with a “not a gzip file” error. Our Engineering team is investigating the issue, and we’ll share another update as more information becomes available. Affected components Admin API (APAC AWS) (Degraded performance)
- monitoring Oct 15, 2026, 03:10 PM UTC
Status: Monitoring The package download failures have stopped, and we’re monitoring the service to confirm the issue remains resolved. We’ll share another update if the symptoms return or as more information becomes available. Affected components Admin API (APAC AWS) (Degraded performance)
- resolved Oct 15, 2026, 04:10 PM UTC
Status: Resolved The issue has been resolved, and all affected systems are now functioning normally as of 16:10 UTC. We have put measures in place to prevent a recurrence and dbt package installations have returned to normal. Please contact Support via email [email protected] "[email protected]": http://[email protected] if you continue to experience delays and are unsure of the root cause. Affected components Admin API (APAC AWS) (Operational)