Buildkite outage, 3 November 2026

Increased latency and error rates

Started
Status
Ongoing: Investigating
Impact
Minor

Is this still happening?

Yes. Buildkite still lists it as investigating; last update 3 Nov 2026, 18:54 UTC.

Right now: Buildkite reports degraded performance on some systems. (as of 3 Nov, 19:16 UTC) Live Buildkite status

Last update from Buildkite

We are continuing to investigate. At this time, the issue is limited to a small subset of customers.

3 Nov 2026, 18:54 UTC

Read the full incident on the official Buildkite status page

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