Neo4j Aura Outage History

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Neo4j Aura had 41 outages in the last 2 years totaling 1013h 39m of downtime — averaging 1.7 incidents per month.

There were 41 Neo4j Aura outages since May 24, 2024 totaling 1013h 39m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.neo4j.io

Minor January 15, 2025

Customer Metrics Integration (CMI) unavailable

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 15, 2025, 06:20 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 15, 2025, 10:17 PM UTC
Duration
3h 57m
Affected: AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Business Critical (*.databases.neo4j.io) on AWSAuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Business Critical (*.databases.neo4j.io) on AzureAuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Business Critical (*.databases.neo4j.io) on GCP
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Major January 10, 2025

GDS functions missing from AuraDS Enterprise and Professional instances

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 10, 2025, 07:49 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 13, 2025, 01:41 PM UTC
Duration
2d 17h
Affected: AuraDS on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)
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Minor November 18, 2024

VM capacity issues in northeurope: some operations on instances impacted

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 18, 2024, 03:15 PM UTC
Resolved
Nov 18, 2024, 08:05 PM UTC
Duration
4h 50m
Affected: Azure Cloud Services (Compute)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified Nov 18, 2024, 03:15 PM UTC

    Our cloud provider has confirmed some capacity issues in the northeurope region. As a result, some operations that require compute are delayed or not completing. We continue to assess the full impact and we are working with our cloud provider.

  2. resolved Nov 18, 2024, 08:05 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor October 28, 2024

Cypher change in 5.25 release impacts cypher CASE statements within a WITH clause

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 28, 2024, 06:31 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 29, 2024, 04:06 PM UTC
Duration
21h 35m
Affected: AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Professional on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Business Critical (*.databases.neo4j.io) on AWSAuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Professional on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Business Critical (*.databases.neo4j.io) on AzureAuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Professional on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Business Critical (*.databases.neo4j.io) on GCPAuraDB Free (*.databases.neo4j.io)
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Minor October 21, 2024

AuraDB/DS : Some instance operations failing

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 21, 2024, 12:21 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 25, 2024, 03:56 PM UTC
Duration
4d 3h
Affected: AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Professional on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Business Critical (*.databases.neo4j.io) on GCPAuraDB Free (*.databases.neo4j.io)
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Minor September 24, 2024

A small number of instances are not accepting write queries

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 24, 2024, 10:20 AM UTC
Resolved
Sep 24, 2024, 02:41 PM UTC
Duration
4h 21m
Affected: AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Business Critical (*.databases.neo4j.io) on AWSAuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Business Critical (*.databases.neo4j.io) on AzureAuraDB Free (*.databases.neo4j.io)
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Minor July 30, 2024

Subset of Azure Services Degraded - Network Infrastructure

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 30, 2024, 02:11 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 30, 2024, 09:26 PM UTC
Duration
7h 14m
Affected: Azure AKSAzure Private LinkAzure Cloud Services (Compute)Azure Storage Services
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jul 30, 2024, 02:11 PM UTC

    Microsoft Azure has reported degraded Network Infrastructure impacting a subset of their services. Please refer to the Azure incident reported and updated here: https://azure.status.microsoft/en-gb/status We will continue to monitor and update status as more information becomes available.

  2. monitoring Jul 30, 2024, 05:24 PM UTC

    Azure has applied a fix and is monitoring the situation. https://azure.status.microsoft/en-gb/status Please refer to the azure status page for more details.

  3. resolved Jul 30, 2024, 09:26 PM UTC

    Microsoft Azure has resolved the issues impacting those services and report all systems operational. https://azure.status.microsoft/en-gb/status

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Minor July 22, 2024

Azure capacity issues in westus3 region affecting some operations

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 22, 2024, 12:15 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 29, 2024, 08:36 AM UTC
Duration
6d 20h
Affected: Azure Cloud Services (Compute)
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. identified Jul 22, 2024, 12:15 PM UTC

    Our cloud service provider Azure is experiencing resource shortages in westus3 impacting operations on AuraDB and AuraDS located in this region. Meanwhile this gets addressed we advise our customers to delay operations (Create, Resize, Clone, Backup, Load) where possible as these may not complete successfully.

  2. identified Jul 22, 2024, 03:58 PM UTC

    We are working with our cloud partner to get an ETA on addressing this capacity issue. We will update when we get more information.

  3. resolved Jul 29, 2024, 08:36 AM UTC

    Our cloud service provider has managed to address the resources issue and all operations are restored and available.

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Minor July 18, 2024

AuraDB Free - Capacity issues in asia-southeast1

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 18, 2024, 10:09 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 19, 2024, 05:07 PM UTC
Duration
1d 6h
Affected: AuraDB Free (*.databases.neo4j.io)
Timeline · 5 updates
  1. identified Jul 18, 2024, 10:09 AM UTC

    We have some infrastructure capacity issues in asia-southeast1 and creation of new instances for users in this region may fail. We are working on addressing this issue and will update shortly.

  2. identified Jul 18, 2024, 07:21 PM UTC

    We have some infrastructure capacity issues in asia-southeast1 and creation of new instances for users in this region may fail. We are working on addressing this issue and will update shortly.

  3. identified Jul 19, 2024, 07:05 AM UTC

    We have some infrastructure capacity issues in asia-southeast1 and creation of new instances for users in this region may fail. We are still investigating this issue and will update shortly.

  4. monitoring Jul 19, 2024, 12:18 PM UTC

    We have put in place measures to leverage capacity in other regions and users will now be able to create and manage databases normally. Monitoring for some time before we close this incident

  5. resolved Jul 19, 2024, 05:07 PM UTC

    We have now resolved and validated the fix. For any instance created during this incident we recommend deleting it and starting the process again to avoid the capacity issue.

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Minor June 28, 2024

Some cypher query regression

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 28, 2024, 01:58 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 29, 2024, 12:54 AM UTC
Duration
10h 55m
Affected: AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Professional on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Professional on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Professional on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Free (*.databases.neo4j.io)
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Minor June 20, 2024

Virtual machines operations in East US region

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 20, 2024, 12:58 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 22, 2024, 07:05 PM UTC
Duration
2d 6h
Affected: Azure Cloud Services (Compute)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jun 20, 2024, 12:58 PM UTC

    Our cloud service provider is currently experiencing issues with some operations on virtual machines in East US region on Availability Zone AZ02. This affects all operations on Aura instances in that region and we advise to delay instance management operations until this incident is resolved by our cloud service provider.

  2. resolved Jun 22, 2024, 07:05 PM UTC

    Our cloud service provider has addressed the issue in this region. We have run some tests and have confirmed good operations.

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Minor May 31, 2024

Operations requiring system database fail when not connected directly to the system database

Detected by Pingoru
May 31, 2024, 10:03 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 04, 2024, 09:56 AM UTC
Duration
3d 11h
Affected: AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Professional on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Professional on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Professional on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)
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Minor May 30, 2024

Cloning to AuraDS from AuraDB fails

Detected by Pingoru
May 30, 2024, 11:07 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 04, 2024, 09:57 AM UTC
Duration
4d 10h
Affected: AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Professional on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Professional on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Professional on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS Enterprise on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDS on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)
Timeline · 6 updates
  1. investigating May 30, 2024, 11:07 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue where customers doing a clone operation from AuraDB to AuraDS will see a failure. We will keep you updated as we determine the cause of the issue and work toward a resolution.

  2. investigating May 31, 2024, 04:05 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue where customers doing a clone operation from AuraDB to AuraDS will see a failure. We will keep you updated as we determine the cause of the issue and work toward a resolution.

  3. investigating May 31, 2024, 07:02 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue where customers doing a clone operation from AuraDB to AuraDS will see a failure. We will keep you updated as we determine the cause of the issue and work toward a resolution.

  4. identified May 31, 2024, 11:39 AM UTC

    We have identified the root cause and can confirm that only cloning to AuraDS is impacted. A small subset of customers using AuraDS may be affected. We are working on a fix.

  5. identified May 31, 2024, 09:15 PM UTC

    We have further narrowed down the root cause and can confirm that cloning from some existing AuraDB instances to other AuraDB or AuraDS instances is impacted. A small subset of customers using AuraDB may be affected. This effects ONLY existing AuraDB instances that are running version 5.20. To determine if you are impacted, use cypher to check your Neo4j version (see example). - call dbms.components() yield name, versions, edition unwind versions as version return name, version, edition; - Neo4j Kernel 5.20-aura enterprise We are working on a fix, which is to roll out 5.20. We will update this incident with an updated status on Monday, June 3rd.

  6. resolved Jun 04, 2024, 09:57 AM UTC

    We have now completed the roll out of the 5.20 versions to all tiers of Aura and this now address the issues with cloning.

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Minor May 24, 2024

Enterprise AuraDB tier backup scheduler operations degraded

Detected by Pingoru
May 24, 2024, 03:29 PM UTC
Resolved
May 28, 2024, 08:24 AM UTC
Duration
3d 16h
Affected: AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on AWS (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on Azure (*.databases.neo4j.io)AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud on GCP (*.databases.neo4j.io)
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. identified May 24, 2024, 03:29 PM UTC

    The automated backup scheduler for the AuraDB Enterprise tier is experiencing issues and currently defaults to running backups every 9-10 hours. To get your backups running hourly, please use the Aura API (see https://neo4j.com/docs/aura/platform/api/specification/#/instances/post-snapshots ). We are working on a fix and expect a roll out after 2024-05-27.

  2. identified May 28, 2024, 01:19 AM UTC

    The automated backup scheduler for the AuraDB Enterprise tier is experiencing issues and currently defaults to running backups every 9-10 hours. To get your backups running hourly, please use the Aura API (see https://neo4j.com/docs/aura/platform/api/specification/#/instances/post-snapshots ). We are rolling out the fix and will continue to update you as things progress.

  3. identified May 28, 2024, 07:19 AM UTC

    The automated backup scheduler for the AuraDB Enterprise tier is experiencing issues and currently defaults to running backups every 9-10 hours. To get your backups running hourly, please use the Aura API (see https://neo4j.com/docs/aura/platform/api/specification/#/instances/post-snapshots ). We are rolling out the fix and will continue to update you as things progress.

  4. resolved May 28, 2024, 08:24 AM UTC

    This issue is now resolved and the backup scheduler fix has been rolled out.

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