DroneDeploy incident
Overlay uploads stuck in 'Waiting for Upload and Alignment' status
DroneDeploy experienced a major incident on September 28, 2026 affecting Uploads, lasting 1h 14m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Sep 28, 2026, 05:17 PM UTC
We are aware of an issue where exterior overlay uploads appear stuck in a waiting for upload and alignment status. Our engineering team is currently investigating.
- identified Sep 28, 2026, 05:22 PM UTC
The issue has been identified and our Engineering team is working on implementing a fix.
- resolved Sep 28, 2026, 06:32 PM UTC
Between 8:13 AM Pacific Time (15:13 UTC) on September 25 and 11:25 AM Pacific Time (18:25 UTC) on September 28, some users experienced an issue where exterior overlays became stuck in a "Waiting for Upload and Alignment" state. Engineering implemented a fix, and we do not expect further impact. Affected overlays will need to be re-uploaded.