Changes / Convex / Elevated error rates for a subset of instances

Convex: Major incident: Elevated error rates for a subset of instances

Summary

Convex reported a major incident with elevated error rates for a small subset of instances, affecting Free & Starter and Live Traffic database, function and Node.js runtime services. It started at 2025-11-21 22:15 UTC and was resolved at 2025-11-21 22:22 UTC; the computed duration was 6 min. Convex identified the issue and implemented a fix.

Machine-written from the diff below (Sol; type: incident outage). Check the diff before relying on it.

Major incidentLabel: outage (model (Jev), 65%)Changed Detected Source: stspg.io (opens in new tab)

What changed

AddedTitle#1
Before: not present
After: Elevated error rates for a subset of instances
AddedImpact#2
Before: not present
After: major
AddedStatus#3
Before: not present
After: resolved
AddedStart time#4
Before: not present
After: 2025-11-21 22:15 UTC
AddedResolved time#5
Before: not present
After: 2025-11-21 22:22 UTC
AddedAffected components#6
Before: not present
After: Free & Starter, Live Traffic - Database Services, Live Traffic - Function Runtime, Live Traffic - Node.js Runtime
AddedUpdateinvestigating#7
Before: not present
After: A small subset Convex instances are experiencing elevated errors rates. The Convex team is investigating.
AddedUpdateidentified#8
Before: not present
After: The issue has been identified and the team is implementing a fix. Some affected deployments are back online
AddedUpdateresolved#9
Before: not present
After: This incident has been resolved.

First version of this incident archived by Rewindex. View the live incident (opens in new tab).

History of this incident

When (UTC)ChangeKind
Major incident: Elevated error rates for a subset of instances (this change)
Convex reported a major incident with elevated error rates for a small subset of instances, affecting Free & Starter and Live Traffic database, function and Node.js runtime services. It started at 2025-11-21 22:15 UTC and was resolved at 2025-11-21 22:22 UTC; the computed duration was 6 min. Convex identified the issue and implemented a fix.
Major incident

All Convex changes → · Convex profile · Markdown · JSON