Render incident

Delays in starting instances on services

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

Render experienced a minor incident on January 17, 2026 affecting Web Services and Cron Jobs and 1 more component, lasting 12m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Jan 17, 2026, 02:29 AM UTC
Resolved
Jan 17, 2026, 02:41 AM UTC
Duration
12m
Detected by Pingoru
Jan 17, 2026, 02:29 AM UTC

Affected components

Web ServicesCron JobsBackground WorkersPostgreSQLRedisWeb Services - Free Tier

Update timeline

  1. identified Jan 17, 2026, 02:29 AM UTC

    High demand for new instances has created a backlog for some services in the Oregon region. Services attempting to add new instances including those for new deploys, instance scale ups, restarts, etc. may see delays doing so.

  2. resolved Jan 17, 2026, 02:41 AM UTC

    Instance creation times have been restored to expected timerames. This issue has been resolved.