# Fly.io: Major incident: MPG creation is failing in GRU due to lack of capacity

**Summary:** Fly.io reported a major outage in GRU: new MPG clusters could fail to create due to insufficient capacity. It started at 2026-08-04 19:03 UTC and was resolved at 2026-08-05 03:22 UTC, lasting 8 h 19 min; Fly.io tweaked hosts to allow more machine allocation. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-08-04 19:03 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://status.flyio.net/incidents/01KZSP4BAJWES79G7NNHYK41NR](https://status.flyio.net/incidents/01KZSP4BAJWES79G7NNHYK41NR)
- [Company: Fly.io](https://rewindex.com/company/fly-io.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:186/01KZSP4BAJWES79G7NNHYK41NR@5f75e79d9fa7
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

Incident page (full timeline): [MPG creation is failing in GRU due to lack of capacity](https://rewindex.com/company/fly-io/incidents/01KZSP4BAJWES79G7NNHYK41NR.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ MPG creation is failing in GRU due to lack of capacity
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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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+ 2026-08-04 19:03 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-08-05 03:22 UTC
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**6. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-08-04 19:03 UTC

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+ New MPG clusters may fail to create in GRU because we lack capacity.
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**7. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-08-04 20:59 UTC

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+ We tweaked hosts to allow for more machine allocation. We'll be monitoring the region over the next hours.
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**8. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-08-05 03:22 UTC

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

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-04 19:03 UTC | Major incident: MPG creation is failing in GRU due to lack of capacity (this change) | outage |

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