Render experienced a major incident on May 7, 2026 affecting PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL and 1 more component, lasting 53m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating May 07, 2026, 02:00 AM UTC
We're investigating reports of Postgres unavailability in multiple regions. At this point we believe this only impacts databases with HA turned on.
- investigating May 07, 2026, 02:01 AM UTC
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
- investigating May 07, 2026, 02:07 AM UTC
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
- identified May 07, 2026, 02:21 AM UTC
We've identified the issue and are implementing a fix.
- identified May 07, 2026, 02:34 AM UTC
We're bringing the affected Postgres instances back online and expect full recovery within fifteen minutes.
- identified May 07, 2026, 02:38 AM UTC
We're continuing to see instance recovery across the fleet. Render Workflows is now fully operational.
- identified May 07, 2026, 02:47 AM UTC
All affected instances are back online, though a few databases may still show a stale 'Unready' status. We are working to refresh the status.
- resolved May 07, 2026, 02:54 AM UTC
Everything is back to normal, and the incident is now resolved. We are planning long-term mitigations to prevent this issue from recurring, and we will share the results of our investigation with all affected customers.