Lambda GPU Cloud incident
Launches and Terminations Failing in Multiple Regions
Lambda GPU Cloud experienced a minor incident on May 20, 2026 affecting Website and Cloud API and 1 more component, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating May 20, 2026, 01:08 AM UTC
Status: Investigating Severity Level: High We are currently investigating an issue affecting the Cloud Dashboard. Some users may experience delays when launching or terminating instances. We will provide an update as soon as more information is available. Instance Launches and Terminations have been disabled for the following regions: asia-northeast-1 asia-northeast-2 asia-south-1 australia-east-1 europe-central-1 me-west-1 us-east-1 us-midwest-1 us-west-1 us-west-2 Our teams are actively working to identify the root cause and mitigate or resolve the issue. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the event you’re unsure as to whether your service is impacted by this incident. Or if you tried to terminate an instance at this time. Please open a support ticket. We’ll get back to you as soon as possible. • https://support.lambdalabs.com/hc/en-us/requests/new To be automatically notified when the status of this incident changes, please click on the “Subscribe to updates” button. Affected components Virtual Machines (Degraded performance) Website (Degraded performance) Cloud API (Degraded performance)
- identified May 20, 2026, 01:28 AM UTC
Status: Identified Severity Level: High We've identified the cause of the issue and our engineers are working to restore services at this moment. Some users may experience delays when launching or terminating instances. We will provide an update as soon as more information is available. Instance Launches and Terminations have been disabled for the following regions: asia-northeast-1 asia-northeast-2 asia-south-1 australia-east-1 europe-central-1 me-west-1 us-east-1 us-midwest-1 us-west-1 us-west-2 Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the event you’re unsure as to whether your service is impacted by this incident. Or if you tried to terminate an instance at this time. Please open a support ticket. We’ll get back to you as soon as possible. • https://support.lambdalabs.com/hc/en-us/requests/new To be automatically notified when the status of this incident changes, please click on the “Subscribe to updates” button. Affected components Virtual Machines (Degraded performance) Website (Degraded performance) Cloud API (Degraded performance)
- resolved May 20, 2026, 04:30 AM UTC
Status: Resolved Severity Level: High We've identified the cause of the issue and our engineers are working to restore services at this moment. Some users may experience delays when launching or terminating instances. We will provide an update as soon as more information is available. Instance Launches and Terminations have been disabled for the following regions: asia-northeast-1 asia-northeast-2 asia-south-1 australia-east-1 europe-central-1 me-west-1 us-east-1 us-midwest-1 us-west-1 us-west-2 Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the event you’re unsure as to whether your service is impacted by this incident. Or if you tried to terminate an instance at this time. Please open a support ticket. We’ll get back to you as soon as possible. • https://support.lambdalabs.com/hc/en-us/requests/new To be automatically notified when the status of this incident changes, please click on the “Subscribe to updates” button. Affected components Virtual Machines (Operational) Website (Operational) Cloud API (Operational)