Buildkite outage, 28 October 2026

Increased latency and error rates

Started
Resolved
28 Oct 2026, 23:49 UTC (after 32 min)
Impact
Minor
Affected
REST API, Agent API

Is this still happening?

No. Buildkite marked this incident resolved on 28 Oct 2026, 23:49 UTC, 32 min after it began.

Right now: Buildkite reports all systems operational. (as of 29 Oct, 00:49 UTC) Live Buildkite status

Last update from Buildkite

We identified that the majority of the impact was for a single customer and was caused by a database failover. We are investigating the cause and we will work with the impacted customer.

28 Oct 2026, 23:49 UTC

Read the full incident on the official Buildkite status page

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