Resolved after 19 hours 41 minutes, affecting API and Registry and 1 more, on September 14, 2026.
Quay.io registry is operational since 15 Sep 2026, 5:00 AM UTC. Security scanning remains on maintenance until further notice. During the incident, some write operations were failing. The registry was put into read-only mode to preserve data integrity. The underlying issue was related to database scaling and was resolved successfully without any data loss.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Sep 14, 2026, 01:34 PM UTC
We are experiencing degraded performance on quay.io push/pull API. We are actively investigating.
- investigating Sep 14, 2026, 02:02 PM UTC
We have identified the cause of the image pull failures and are implementing a fix. Image pushes may continue to fail while remediation is in progress
- identified Sep 14, 2026, 02:04 PM UTC
We have identified the cause of the image pull failures and are implementing a fix. Image pushes may continue to fail while remediation is in progress
- identified Sep 14, 2026, 02:08 PM UTC
We have identified the cause of the image push failures and are implementing a fix. Image pushes may continue to fail while remediation is in progress
- identified Sep 14, 2026, 03:35 PM UTC
Quay is in read-only mode. Only pulls are being served while we implement the fix.
- identified Sep 14, 2026, 07:33 PM UTC
We are continuing to apply the fix. Quay.io remains in read-only mode. Image pulls continue to work, but pushes and other write operations are temporarily unavailable. We will provide another update once the fix is complete.
- identified Sep 15, 2026, 12:39 AM UTC
We are continuing to apply the fix. 2 out of 3 affected tables have been updated. The final one is currently running. Quay.io remains in read-only mode. Image pulls continue to work, but pushes and other write operations are temporarily unavailable.
- identified Sep 15, 2026, 02:49 AM UTC
The affected database tables have been updated. We are working to restoring full read/write traffic. Quay.io remains in read-only mode.
- monitoring Sep 15, 2026, 04:05 AM UTC
The fix has been deployed. Quay.io is serving read/write requests. We are continuing to monitor the service
- monitoring Sep 15, 2026, 04:31 AM UTC
Image push and pull operations are functioning normally. We continue to monitor service health. Clair vulnerability scanning is temporarily disabled.
- monitoring Sep 15, 2026, 08:47 AM UTC
Registry is operational, security scanning is under maintenance.
- resolved Sep 15, 2026, 09:15 AM UTC
Quay.io registry is operational since 15 Sep 2026, 5:00 AM UTC. Security scanning remains on maintenance until further notice. During the incident, some write operations were failing. The registry was put into read-only mode to preserve data integrity. The underlying issue was related to database scaling and was resolved successfully without any data loss.
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