Form3 incident

INC313061 - Major Outage to the Form3 - UK Instant

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Form3 experienced a critical incident on September 23, 2024 affecting Direct and Direct (MQ) and 1 more component, lasting 2h 58m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Sep 23, 2024, 10:55 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 24, 2024, 01:54 AM UTC
Duration
2h 58m
Detected by Pingoru
Sep 23, 2024, 10:55 PM UTC

Affected components

DirectDirect (MQ)Direct (WS)Direct (IRE)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Sep 23, 2024, 10:55 PM UTC

    Form3 are investigating a major outage to the Form3 - UK Instant service. Investigations are ongoing and an update will be provided as soon as more information becomes available.

  2. identified Sep 23, 2024, 11:12 PM UTC

    We have identified the issue, and are working on the fix as a priority. We will post an update at 00:30 unless there is further information to share before this time.

  3. monitoring Sep 23, 2024, 11:24 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are in a period of monitoring. Impacted customers should now see that normal processing has resumed on the Form3 - UK Instant service. We will provide an update on resolution in due course.

  4. resolved Sep 24, 2024, 01:54 AM UTC

    The issue affecting Form3 - UK Instant service has been resolved as of 23:17 UTC. We have confirmed, following a period of monitoring, that the service has returned to normal processing and no further degradation has been observed. Further details will be provided in the postmortem in due course.

  5. postmortem Sep 24, 2024, 10:22 AM UTC

    On Monday 23rd September, Form3 observed a major degradation to the Form3 UK Instant service to both inbound and outbound payment flows between 22:11 and 23:17 UTC. Service was restored at 23:17 UTC with no further impact to payments. Root cause is being investigated by Form3 to identify preventative measures and put in place mitigation to prevent future issues.