# Fly.io: Critical incident: Sprite creates failing

**Summary:** Fly.io reported a critical outage affecting Sprite creates in all regions outside Europe, starting 2026-10-08 21:23 UTC and resolved at 2026-10-08 21:54 UTC (31 min). Fly.io applied a fix for a potential issue; Sprite pools recovered and creates resumed succeeding. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-10-08 21:23 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://status.flyio.net/incidents/01M4EPC94XF097RBMJ5S35XMMN](https://status.flyio.net/incidents/01M4EPC94XF097RBMJ5S35XMMN)
- [Company: Fly.io](https://rewindex.com/company/fly-io.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:186/01M4EPC94XF097RBMJ5S35XMMN@86a6453c1502
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Sprite creates failing
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**2. Added: Impact**

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+ critical
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**3. Added: Status**

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

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+ 2026-10-08 21:23 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-10-08 21:54 UTC
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**6. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-10-08 21:23 UTC

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+ Sprite creates are failing in all regions outside of Europe. We are investigating the cause.
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**7. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-10-08 21:48 UTC

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+ We have identified a potential issue and are applying a fix.
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**8. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-10-08 21:51 UTC

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+ Sprite pools are starting to recover and creates are succeeding. We are monitoring the pools as they refill.
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**9. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-10-08 21:54 UTC

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+ The issue has been resolved.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-08 21:23 UTC | Critical incident: Sprite creates failing (this change) | outage |

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