Yandex Cloud incident

Unavailability of Yandex Cloud Backup during maintenance work

Yandex Cloud experienced a major incident on April 21, 2026 affecting Cloud Backup and Cloud Backup and 1 more component, lasting 7h 10m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started: Apr 21, 2026, 08:00 AM UTC
Resolved: Apr 21, 2026, 03:10 PM UTC
Duration: 7h 10m
Detected by Pingoru: Apr 21, 2026, 08:00 AM UTC

Affected components

Cloud BackupCloud Backupkz1-aru-central1-aru-central1-bru-central1-dru-central1-e

Update timeline

investigating Apr 21, 2026, 07:41 AM UTC

Technical work is underway in the Cloud Backup service: During the period 11:00 - 13:00 Moscow time, service operations may be unavailable for up to 45 minutes in all availability zones, including the kz1-a zone.; During the period 13:00 - 19:00 Moscow time, it is possible to reduce the speed of creating and restoring backups in the RU availability zones.
resolved Apr 21, 2026, 03:21 PM UTC

The technical work has been completed, and the service is operating normally. If you have any questions or problems, please contact technical support.