DigitalOcean experienced a minor incident on April 17, 2026 affecting DNS, lasting 16h 47m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- identified Apr 17, 2026, 09:22 PM UTC
Our Engineering team is aware of a widespread, external issue affecting .co top-level domain (TLD). While this incident originates outside of DigitalOcean's infrastructure, you may experience errors when querying a .co domain, regardless of the DNS resolver being used. Our Engineers are actively deploying temporary backend mitigations to help minimize the impact on our customers. We will continue to monitor the situation closely and post updates as more information becomes available.
- monitoring Apr 17, 2026, 10:53 PM UTC
Our Engineering team has implemented a fix to resolve the issue that was affecting the DNS resolution of .co top-level domain (TLD). During this time, users who are using DigitalOcean DNS resolvers in their resources should no longer experience issues related to the DNS resolution. Our Engineers are currently monitoring the situation. We will post an update as soon as the issue is fully resolved.
- resolved Apr 18, 2026, 02:10 PM UTC
Our Engineering team has confirmed that the issue affecting the DNS resolution of .co top-level domain (TLD) has been resolved. The DNS resolution for .co domains is now working as expected. We apologize for the inconvenience. If you continue to face any issues, please open a support ticket from within your account.