# Fireworks AI: Major incident: Kimi K3 service disruption

**Summary:** Kimi K3 experienced elevated errors and degraded availability during a major incident starting 2026-08-18 05:52 UTC, caused by connectivity issues affecting one region. Availability recovered by 06:22 UTC; the incident was resolved at 2026-08-18 07:01 UTC after 1 h 9 min. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-08-18 05:52 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://status.fireworks.ai/incidents/01M09PTTHT39S8FNB91DPS5JFN](https://status.fireworks.ai/incidents/01M09PTTHT39S8FNB91DPS5JFN)
- [Company: Fireworks AI](https://rewindex.com/company/fireworks-ai.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:16/01M09PTTHT39S8FNB91DPS5JFN@219cd65f2f0f
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Kimi K3 service disruption
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**2. Added: Impact**

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+ major
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**3. Added: Status**

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+ resolved
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**4. Added: Start time**

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+ 2026-08-18 05:52 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-08-18 07:01 UTC
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**6. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-08-18 05:52 UTC

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+ Customers may be experiencing elevated errors and degraded availability when using Kimi K3. We are mitigating the impact while we investigate connectivity issues affecting one of our regions.
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**7. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-08-18 06:22 UTC

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+ Kimi K3 availability has recovered following the regional connectivity disruption. We are monitoring the service closely to confirm the recovery remains stable.
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**8. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-08-18 06:23 UTC

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+ Kimi K3 availability has recovered and the service is operating normally following the regional connectivity disruption. We will continue monitoring to confirm recovery remains stable.
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**9. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-08-18 07:01 UTC

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+ Kimi K3 availability has recovered and the service is operating normally. We have resolved this incident.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-18 05:52 UTC | Major incident: Kimi K3 service disruption (this change) | outage |

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