MotherDuck Outage History

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There were 6 MotherDuck outages since February 12, 2026 totaling 21h 1m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.motherduck.com/posts/dashboard

Minor May 1, 2026

Degraded experience using Dives

Detected by Pingoru
May 01, 2026, 08:50 PM UTC
Resolved
May 02, 2026, 01:34 PM UTC
Duration
16h 44m
Affected: MotherDuck App (MotherDuck App)
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. identified May 01, 2026, 08:50 PM UTC

    For some customers, Dives may not load properly, with a stuck page that says "Waiting for sandbox...". This is due to a caching issue. This issue will likely disappear on its own as your browser cache invalidates naturally. But while we've fixed the issue upstream, you might encounter it...

  2. identified May 01, 2026, 09:40 PM UTC

    No new updates.

  3. resolved May 02, 2026, 01:34 PM UTC

    At this point, all major browsers should invalidate the old cache for the MotherDuck UI. If you are having a problem accessing your Dives, please contact us.

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Major April 30, 2026

MotherDuck databases unavailable in us-east-1

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 30, 2026, 01:40 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 30, 2026, 02:15 PM UTC
Duration
35m
Affected: MotherDuck App (MotherDuck App)
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Apr 30, 2026, 01:40 PM UTC

    We are currently experiencing a US East 1 service disruption where databases are unable to be opened and snapshotted. This impacts both existing and new connections. Share updates may also be impacted. Our team is investigating and will update as soon as we learn more. We will provide...

  2. investigating Apr 30, 2026, 01:53 PM UTC

    We have identified the root cause of this incident and are implementing a fix.

  3. resolved Apr 30, 2026, 02:15 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved. All databases are available.

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Major April 3, 2026

Some databases are failing to load

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 03, 2026, 05:45 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 03, 2026, 07:43 AM UTC
Duration
1h 58m
Affected: MotherDuck App (MotherDuck App)
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Apr 03, 2026, 05:45 AM UTC

    Some users are experiencing a degradation of service because a subset of databases are failing to load. We are investigating.

  2. investigating Apr 03, 2026, 07:00 AM UTC

    We have identified the root cause and are working on implementing a fix

  3. resolved Apr 03, 2026, 07:43 AM UTC

    Databases are loading as expected after deploying the fix. We are actively monitoring the health of the service.

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Major March 24, 2026

MotherDuck Remote MCP Server is currently unavailable

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 24, 2026, 02:12 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 24, 2026, 02:32 PM UTC
Duration
19m
Affected: MotherDuck App (MotherDuck App)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Mar 24, 2026, 02:12 PM UTC

    The MotherDuck remote MCP server is currently unavailable, we are investigating the issue.

  2. resolved Mar 24, 2026, 02:32 PM UTC

    This issue has been resolved, the MCP server is available.

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Major March 5, 2026

users unable to save new dives; some existing dives also affected

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 05, 2026, 11:06 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 06, 2026, 12:29 AM UTC
Duration
1h 23m
Affected: MotherDuck App (MotherDuck App)
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. identified Mar 05, 2026, 11:06 PM UTC

    Our internal monitors have detected an increase in server-side error messages immediately following a release. We are currently investigating the issue. So far a limited number of customers appear to be affected but the full impact is unknown.

  2. investigating Mar 05, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC

    Following a code release at approximately 23:00 UTC, most customers are unable to create new dives and may experience errors when loading existing dives. We are continuing to investigate the root cause.

  3. investigating Mar 05, 2026, 11:59 PM UTC

    We believe we have identified the root cause and are working to validate a fix. We believe the fix will be deployed within 2 hours.

  4. resolved Mar 06, 2026, 12:29 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major February 12, 2026

DuckLake Snapshot Deletions

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 12, 2026, 06:03 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 12, 2026, 06:03 PM UTC
Duration
—
Affected: MotherDuck App (MotherDuck App)
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Feb 12, 2026, 06:03 PM UTC

    A bug was introduced during our recent production release at 7:24 UTC on Thursday, February 12 that has resulted in the premature deletion of ducklake snapshots in MotherDuck-managed ducklake S3 Buckets. We have identified the root cause and deployed a patch at approx 17:50 UTC. </...

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