# Sanity: Major incident: Elevated error rates on the Asset CDN

**Summary:** Sanity reported a major Asset CDN (cdn.sanity.io) incident causing elevated image-request 5xx errors for some customers from 12:47 UTC. The incident was logged at 2026-03-22 13:58 UTC and resolved at 2026-03-22 16:42 UTC, with a recorded duration of 2 h 43 min. A fix was implemented at 14:48 UTC. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-03-22 13:58 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/x6543q1n526l](https://stspg.io/x6543q1n526l)
- [Company: Sanity](https://rewindex.com/company/sanity.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:206/69mvmrbvk9jf@992b2c676742
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Elevated error rates on the Asset CDN
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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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+ 2026-03-22 13:58 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-03-22 16:42 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ cdn.sanity.io
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**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-03-22 13:58 UTC

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+ Starting 12:47 UTC, we are experiencing a sustained error rate on the Asset CDN. Some customers will be seeing elevated rates of 5xx errors when requesting images during this time.
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**8. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-03-22 14:23 UTC

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+ The issue has been identified and we are working on a fix.
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**9. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-03-22 14:48 UTC

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+ A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring results.
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**10. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-03-22 16:42 UTC

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+ This incident has been resolved.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-22 13:58 UTC | Major incident: Elevated error rates on the Asset CDN (this change) | outage |

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