Prefect experienced a minor incident on May 17, 2026 affecting Cloud Orchestration and Cloud Automations and 1 more component, lasting 29m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating May 17, 2026, 12:14 AM UTC
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- investigating May 17, 2026, 12:14 AM UTC
We're investigating elevated API error rates beginning around 8:00 PM eastern.
- investigating May 17, 2026, 12:24 AM UTC
Error rates are improving. The team is continuing to investigate.
- investigating May 17, 2026, 12:24 AM UTC
Error rates are improving. The team is continuing to investigate.
- monitoring May 17, 2026, 12:37 AM UTC
Error rates have returned to normal. The team is monitoring.
- monitoring May 17, 2026, 12:37 AM UTC
Error rates have returned to normal. The team is monitoring.
- resolved May 17, 2026, 12:44 AM UTC
API error rates are back to normal and stable. Our team appreciates your patience.