KnowledgeOwl incident

AWS outage causing slow performance

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

KnowledgeOwl experienced a minor incident on December 7, 2021 affecting Server Host and File Storage, lasting 3h 4m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Dec 07, 2021, 09:41 PM UTC
Resolved
Dec 08, 2021, 12:45 AM UTC
Duration
3h 4m
Detected by Pingoru
Dec 07, 2021, 09:41 PM UTC

Affected components

Server HostFile Storage

Update timeline

  1. identified Dec 07, 2021, 09:41 PM UTC

    Like much of the internet, KnowledgeOwl is being impacted by issues with Amazon Web Services (AWS) ec2-us-east-1. This seems to be slowing KnowledgeOwl performance in: 1. Our Server Host 2. Our File Storage So far, we believe this slower performance could be affecting you in two major areas: File Library (images and files): You may have issues with adding new files, updating files, and/or deleting files from within articles or within the library itself. Jobs we run in the background: These jobs are run from actions like generating/updating PDFs, reindexing content, reordering articles or subcategories within a category, and some CSV exports. We expect these jobs to be slow/backed up a little even once full AWS service is restored. We'll keep you posted as we hear more from AWS, and we especially appreciate your patience today!

  2. monitoring Dec 07, 2021, 11:42 PM UTC

    Background jobs and file library issues appear mostly resolved. AWS is reporting that their services have mostly recovered.

  3. resolved Dec 08, 2021, 12:45 AM UTC

    Resolving as no further incidents have occurred since the last update from AWS.