mastodon.social incident

Hetzner Connectivity Issues

Major

Resolved after 1 day 5 hours, affecting Website & API and Background queues, on October 1, 2026.

monitoring Oct 01, 2026, 03:07 PM UTC

Performance has returned to normal. We will continue to keep an eye on the situation.

Started
Oct 01, 2026, 08:49 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 02, 2026, 02:07 PM UTC
Duration
1d 5h
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 01, 2026, 08:49 AM UTC

Affected components

Website & APIBackground queues

Update timeline

  1. investigating Oct 01, 2026, 08:49 AM UTC

    We are experiencing connectivity issues with our servers within Hetzner. We are investigating the issue.

  2. investigating Oct 01, 2026, 09:01 AM UTC

    Hetzner is reporting vSwitch outages, which are likely the cause of our connectivity issues. We are monitoring and continuing to look for workarounds.

  3. monitoring Oct 01, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC

    Cluster connectivity is slowly returning, and all services are operation, though at reduced performance. We are continuing to monitor the situation.

  4. monitoring Oct 01, 2026, 03:07 PM UTC

    Performance has returned to normal. We will continue to keep an eye on the situation.

  5. resolved Oct 02, 2026, 02:07 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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