mastodon.social incident

Elasticsearch issues

Major

Resolved after 1 day 2 hours, affecting Website & API, on August 5, 2026.

monitoring Aug 05, 2026, 05:43 PM UTC

We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result.

Started
Aug 05, 2026, 03:07 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 06, 2026, 05:21 PM UTC
Duration
1d 2h
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 05, 2026, 03:07 PM UTC

Affected components

Website & API

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 05, 2026, 03:07 PM UTC

    There appears to be an issue with our Elasticsearch cluster that is causing the instance to fail. We are currently investigating the issue.

  2. identified Aug 05, 2026, 04:00 PM UTC

    We identified the source of the abnormal search trafic and are working on a solution

  3. monitoring Aug 05, 2026, 05:43 PM UTC

    We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result.

  4. resolved Aug 06, 2026, 05:21 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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