Notion incident
Database views are not displaying items as expected
Notion experienced a minor incident on January 27, 2026 affecting Databases, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Databases
Update timeline
- identified Jan 27, 2026, 04:41 AM UTC
Status: Identified We’re currently investigating an issue where some database views appear empty after sub-items are enabled. Affected components Databases (Degraded performance)
- identified Jan 27, 2026, 04:48 AM UTC
Status: Identified Workaround: Switching the filter option to “Parents only” may allow items to display correctly in the meantime. Affected components Databases (Degraded performance)
- resolved Jan 27, 2026, 06:07 AM UTC
Status: Resolved Between Jan 26, 4:53pm PST and Jan 26, 9:57pm PST, some database views appeared empty after sub-items were enabled, but this is now resolved! Affected components Databases (Operational)