MotherDuck Outage History

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MotherDuck had 17 outages in the last 2 years totaling 43h 1m of downtime — averaging 0.7 incidents per month.

There were 17 MotherDuck outages since November 8, 2025 totaling 43h 1m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

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Major May 15, 2026

We are experiencing elevated attach failures

Detected by Pingoru
May 15, 2026, 12:39 AM UTC
Resolved
May 15, 2026, 01:38 AM UTC
Duration
59m
Affected: MotherDuck App (MotherDuck App)
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. identified May 15, 2026, 12:39 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. investigating May 15, 2026, 01:08 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate.

  3. investigating May 15, 2026, 01:25 AM UTC

    We have identified the issue and restoring service. Restarting ducklings will restore connectivity.

  4. resolved May 15, 2026, 01:38 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved. We apologize for the disruption. Please reach out if you need any assistance.

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Major May 11, 2026

Degraded EU Region Database Load Times

Detected by Pingoru
May 11, 2026, 08:00 AM UTC
Resolved
May 11, 2026, 01:42 PM UTC
Duration
5h 42m
Affected: MotherDuck App (MotherDuck App)
Timeline · 7 updates
  1. investigating May 11, 2026, 08:00 AM UTC

    We are currently experiencing a EU Central 1 service disruption where database load times are degraded. Our team is investigating and will update as soon as we learn more. Apologies for any inconvenience.

  2. investigating May 11, 2026, 09:37 AM UTC

    We are currently experiencing a EU Central 1 service disruption where databases attach times are degraded. This impacts both existing and new connections. Our team is investigating and will update as soon as we learn more. We will provide a new update in 30 minutes. Apologies for any...

  3. investigating May 11, 2026, 10:29 AM UTC

    We're continuing to investigate this issue.

  4. investigating May 11, 2026, 11:16 AM UTC

    We are still investigating the degraded database load times in the EU Region. Our team continues to work on fixing it with high urgency.

  5. investigating May 11, 2026, 12:04 PM UTC

    We continue working on fixing this issue.

  6. investigating May 11, 2026, 01:01 PM UTC

    Our team has deployed a fix addressing the issue, which has improved database load times in the EU region. We continue actively monitoring the situation, and thank you for your patience while we continue working on getting database load times back to normal.

  7. resolved May 11, 2026, 01:42 PM UTC

    Database load times in the EU region are back to normal.

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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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Minor January 8, 2026

Intermittent Connection issues with Web UI

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 08, 2026, 04:39 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 08, 2026, 06:48 PM UTC
Duration
2h 9m
Affected: MotherDuck App (MotherDuck App)
Timeline · 6 updates
  1. identified Jan 08, 2026, 04:39 PM UTC

    We are investigating intermittent connection issues with the MotherDuck web UI. Some notebook users are experiencing an error while loading attached databases. We're actively investigating. In the meantime, affected users can access their databases through other MotherDuck clients,...

  2. investigating Jan 08, 2026, 05:10 PM UTC

    We have found the cause and are working on a mitigation.

  3. investigating Jan 08, 2026, 05:41 PM UTC

    We have identified the problem and are working on deploying the fix for all customers.

  4. investigating Jan 08, 2026, 06:07 PM UTC

    We are in the process of deploying a fix.

  5. investigating Jan 08, 2026, 06:36 PM UTC

    We're in the process of deploying the fix.

  6. resolved Jan 08, 2026, 06:48 PM UTC

    We've resolved the issue. The MotherDuck UI should be working as expected. If you have the UI in a browser tab, feel free to refresh the page.

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Minor December 5, 2025

Ongoing Cloudflare outage

Detected by Pingoru
Dec 05, 2025, 09:10 AM UTC
Resolved
Dec 05, 2025, 09:10 AM UTC
Duration
—
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Dec 05, 2025, 09:10 AM UTC

    MotherDuck is not currently impacted by the ongoing cloudflare outage, but we will continue to closely monitor until that incident is resolved.

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Minor November 21, 2025

Slower-than-usual load times

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 21, 2025, 03:23 PM UTC
Resolved
Nov 21, 2025, 11:46 PM UTC
Duration
8h 23m
Affected: MotherDuck App (MotherDuck App)
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. identified Nov 21, 2025, 03:23 PM UTC

    We have detected an issue that is resulting in slower-than-usualy load times for some customers and are actively investigating.

  2. investigating Nov 21, 2025, 07:50 PM UTC

    We have mitigated the impact, and connection times have returned to normal. We are continuing to investigate the root cause and will keep this incident open out of an abundance of caution.

  3. investigating Nov 21, 2025, 08:51 PM UTC

    Most customers are experiencing normal connection times. We are continuing to work toward identifying a root cause and are actively working on implementing a mitigation.

  4. resolved Nov 21, 2025, 11:46 PM UTC

    All service is restored and customers are experiencing normal connection times. We will be aggressively monitoring through the weekend.

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Major November 20, 2025

Connectivity problems to MotherDuck backend

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 20, 2025, 10:00 AM UTC
Resolved
Nov 20, 2025, 10:38 AM UTC
Duration
38m
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Nov 20, 2025, 10:00 AM UTC

    We have detected a problem that causes slower connections (and sometimes timeout) to the MotherDuck backend. We are currently working to determine the root cause and implement a fix and mitigate. We will post an update on our progress within the next 30 minutes.

  2. resolved Nov 20, 2025, 10:38 AM UTC

    Increased customer load saturated the resources of a key component in our orchestration layer. We have increased the resources of this component, which restored the service levels to normal. We are continuing to monitor the situation.

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Minor November 19, 2025

MotherDuck connections are slow and may time out

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 19, 2025, 01:07 PM UTC
Resolved
Nov 19, 2025, 03:18 PM UTC
Duration
2h 11m
Affected: MotherDuck App (MotherDuck App)
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. identified Nov 19, 2025, 01:07 PM UTC

    We detected an issue with slow connection times to MotherDuck; sometimes timing out. Researching for root cause. We will post an update in 30 minutes.

  2. investigating Nov 19, 2025, 01:40 PM UTC

    Service availability should be restored. We are still monitoring the situation and investigating the root cause.

  3. resolved Nov 19, 2025, 03:18 PM UTC

    We resolved the issue and the service is healthy again.

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Major November 18, 2025

Cloudflare outage affecting web app & extension connections

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 18, 2025, 01:27 PM UTC
Resolved
Nov 18, 2025, 02:55 PM UTC
Duration
1h 28m
Affected: MotherDuck App (MotherDuck App)
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. identified Nov 18, 2025, 01:27 PM UTC

    We're currently affected by a Cloudflare outage (status: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/8gmgl950y3h7 ). This means app.motherduck.com may occasionally fail to load, and...

  2. investigating Nov 18, 2025, 02:29 PM UTC

    Update: Cloudflare is implementing a fix and restoring application services. MotherDuck's web UI and extension downloads are still facing issues.

  3. resolved Nov 18, 2025, 02:55 PM UTC

    Monitoring - A fix has been implemented and we believe the incident is now resolved. We are continuing to monitor for errors to ensure all services are back to normal.

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