Very Good Security experienced a minor incident on May 8, 2026 affecting Card Management Platform and Network Tokens and 1 more component, lasting 22h 57m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating May 08, 2026, 12:56 AM UTC
Our engineering team is monitoring an active incident reported by AWS in us-east-1, including elevated DynamoDB API errors and EC2 instance availability issues in one availability zone. VGS operates across multiple availability zones; however, the DynamoDB issue is region-wide. You may have observed brief intermittent errors from VGS services starting around 23:38 UTC. A total service interruption is not expected, but you may continue to experience intermittent errors or minor latency while this issue persists. We apologize for any inconvenience and will continue to provide updates as AWS works toward a resolution. For more details on the AWS incident, see: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- monitoring May 08, 2026, 02:14 AM UTC
Our team is continuing to monitor the incident with AWS in us-east-1. You may experience intermittent errors or latency from VGS services while this persists. For details: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- monitoring May 08, 2026, 03:21 AM UTC
Our team continues to monitor the AWS incident in us-east-1. AWS has indicated that progress toward resolution is slower than anticipated. You may continue to experience intermittent errors or latency from VGS services during this time. We expect to receive the next update from their team by 10:00 PM PDT. For details: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- monitoring May 08, 2026, 05:27 AM UTC
Our team continues to monitor the AWS incident in us-east-1. AWS is observing early signs of recovery. You may still see some intermittent errors or latency from VGS services until full recovery is achieved. We expect to receive the next update from their team by 11:30 PM PDT. For details: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- monitoring May 08, 2026, 06:53 AM UTC
Our team continues to monitor the AWS incident in us-east-1. The AWS team is working towards recovery for the impacted components. You may still see some intermittent errors or latency from VGS services until full recovery is achieved. We expect to receive the next update from their team by 01:30 AM PDT. For details: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- monitoring May 08, 2026, 08:54 AM UTC
Our team continues to monitor the AWS incident in us-east-1. The AWS team is still working toward full recovery for the impacted components, though it is taking longer than initially anticipated. You may still see some intermittent errors or latency from VGS services until full recovery is achieved. We expect to receive the next update from their team by 03:30 AM PDT. For details: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- monitoring May 08, 2026, 11:10 AM UTC
Our team continues to monitor the AWS incident in us-east-1. The AWS team is making progress on recovery, though full resolution is expected to take several more hours. You may still see some intermittent errors or latency from VGS services until full recovery is achieved. We expect to receive the next update from their team by 6:30 AM PDT. For details: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- monitoring May 08, 2026, 02:06 PM UTC
Our team continues to monitor the AWS incident in us-east-1. The AWS team is actively working towards full recovery, though it is still expected to take several more hours. You may still see some intermittent errors or latency from VGS services until full recovery is achieved. We expect to receive the next update from their team by 9:00 AM PDT. For details: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- monitoring May 08, 2026, 08:14 PM UTC
Our team continues to monitor the ongoing AWS incident in us-east-1. Recovery is progressing more slowly than previously anticipated, and some VGS services may continue to experience intermittent errors or degraded performance for the next several hours. We will provide another update by 4:00 PM PDT or sooner if the situation changes. For details: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- monitoring May 08, 2026, 11:30 PM UTC
We are seeing positive signs of progress on the AWS incident in us-east-1. The number of affected services is beginning to improve, though some intermittent errors or degraded performance may persist while recovery efforts continue. We will provide another update as soon as we have new information. For details: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status