PostHog incident

MCP: elevated API error rates

Resolved after 49 minutes, affecting EU Cloud 🇪🇺 (MCP Server) and US Cloud 🇺🇸 (MCP Server), on August 20, 2026.

resolved Aug 20, 2026, 04:55 PM UTC

The MCP server operated normally throughout, and the elevated error rate was due to rate-limit responses to a few projects with unusually high request volume.

Started
Aug 20, 2026, 04:05 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 20, 2026, 04:55 PM UTC
Duration
49m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 20, 2026, 04:05 PM UTC

Affected components

EU Cloud 🇪🇺 (MCP Server)US Cloud 🇺🇸 (MCP Server)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 20, 2026, 04:05 PM UTC

    We’re investigating elevated MCP error rates impacting parts of the application.

  2. resolved Aug 20, 2026, 04:55 PM UTC

    The MCP server operated normally throughout, and the elevated error rate was due to rate-limit responses to a few projects with unusually high request volume.

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