Neo4j Aura incident

Data science feature on AuraDS , AuraDSE and Aura Professional tiers - Native projection affected.

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

Neo4j Aura experienced a minor incident on January 16, 2026 affecting AuraDB Professional on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io) and AuraDS on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io) and 1 more component, lasting 5h 10m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Jan 16, 2026, 02:25 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 16, 2026, 07:36 PM UTC
Duration
5h 10m
Detected by Pingoru
Jan 16, 2026, 02:25 PM UTC

Affected components

AuraDB Professional on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Professional on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Professional on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)

Update timeline

  1. identified Jan 16, 2026, 02:25 PM UTC

    Impact is that currently it is not possible to load data into GDS via native projection. Customers using Aura Graph Analytics are not impacted. We have identified a packaging issue with the latest release of Aura. Our engineering team is working on a fix.

  2. identified Jan 16, 2026, 03:13 PM UTC

    Our teams have a fix and initiated the work to get it ready to roll-out. No current ETA available. We will keep you updated soon.

  3. monitoring Jan 16, 2026, 05:07 PM UTC

    The fix is currently rolling out to production. We will update you upon completion

  4. resolved Jan 16, 2026, 07:36 PM UTC

    All instances should have the fix applied and if not it should be in the next 60 minutes

  5. postmortem Apr 23, 2026, 01:27 PM UTC

    ### **What happened** On January 15, 2026 at 22:12 UTC we began rolling out an update that included an incompatible version of a key component, affecting customers using the GDS plugin. This issue was reported on January 16 at 12:59 UTC, and a fix was deployed within hours, restoring functionality for the majority of affected users by 20:03 UTC. The issue occurred because Neo4’s packaging automation process selected the wrong version of the GDS component. GDS 2.25 should have been selected but instead GDS 2.24 was included in the bundle, which caused a compatibility issue. Although a corrected package was created and labeled separately, the release pipeline selected the incorrect package for deployment. This issue highlighted a gap in the release validation process, where incompatible component versions were not detected before rollout. ### **How customers were affected** Customers using the GDS plugin were unable to use any of the functionality the plugin provides during the incident window. The system configuration has been updated to ensure compatibility with the intended component versions, restoring full functionality. ### **What we are doing now** The following mitigations have been implemented: * Enhanced testing procedures to automatically verify compatibility between Neo4j and all bundled components before release. * Improved release processes to ensure that only explicitly validated and correctly labeled packages can be selected for deployment.