# Backblaze: Major incident: EU Region High Upload Failures

> Major incident: EU Region High Upload Failures. Detected 2026-11-04 by Rewindex: what changed on Backblaze’s status page, with the before/after diff.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/i047980f4596ab8
Last updated: 2026-11-04T09:08:40Z

**Summary:** _summary pending_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-10-30 00:49 UTC · Detected: 2026-11-04 09:08 UTC
- [Source: https://status.backblaze.com/incidents/71a0b6ae-138e-481c-9982-6d8b9e18ea5d](https://status.backblaze.com/incidents/71a0b6ae-138e-481c-9982-6d8b9e18ea5d)
- [Company: Backblaze](https://rewindex.com/company/backblaze.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:80/71a0b6ae-138e-481c-9982-6d8b9e18ea5d@f75dca113623
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

Incident page (full timeline): [EU Region High Upload Failures](https://rewindex.com/company/backblaze/incidents/71a0b6ae-138e-481c-9982-6d8b9e18ea5d.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

```diff
+ EU Region High Upload Failures
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**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ major
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**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ monitoring
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**4. Added: Start time**

```diff
+ 2026-10-30 00:49 UTC
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**5. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-10-30 01:00 UTC

```diff
+ Customers may be experiencing elevated upload failures in the EU region, investigation is ongoing.
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**6. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-10-30 06:30 UTC

```diff
+ We've identified and resolved the issue.
```

**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-10-30 20:54 UTC

```diff
+ We are investigating continued upload failures affecting some customers in the EU region. Although earlier mitigation improved service, some upload issues remain. We will provide further updates as more information becomes available.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-30 00:49 UTC | Major incident: EU Region High Upload Failures (this change) | outage |

All Backblaze changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/backblaze/changes.md)
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## Cite this

Major incident: EU Region High Upload Failures on Backblaze’s status page, changed 2026-10-30 00:49 UTC (change 1 of 1).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/change/i047980f4596ab8
- Citation: Backblaze, “Major incident: EU Region High Upload Failures” (2026-10-30 00:49 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/change/i047980f4596ab8 (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[Backblaze: Major incident: EU Region High Upload Failures (2026-10-30)](https://rewindex.com/change/i047980f4596ab8)`


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/i047980f4596ab8 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/change/i047980f4596ab8.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/changes/i047980f4596ab8 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-11-04T17:04:03.860Z