# CockroachDB: Major incident: Advanced Cluster Creation Delayed

**Summary:** CockroachDB reported a major degradation delaying Advanced cluster creation from 2025-10-30 14:50 UTC to 2025-10-30 16:05 UTC, lasting 1 h 15 min. Standard and Basic cluster creation remained normal. A mitigation restored creation, and all delayed clusters finished by resolution. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: degradation (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2025-10-30 14:50 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/2dfqb4l0f7g8](https://stspg.io/2dfqb4l0f7g8)
- [Company: CockroachDB](https://rewindex.com/company/cockroachdb.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:138/p1w8k2k4c3vy@1b39d4c4d2cb
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Advanced Cluster Creation Delayed
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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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+ 2025-10-30 14:50 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2025-10-30 16:05 UTC
```

**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ CockroachDB Advanced
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**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2025-10-30 14:50 UTC

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+ We are investigating errors that cause creation for Advanced clusters to take longer than usual. Standard and Basic cluster creation is operating normally.
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**8. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2025-10-30 15:25 UTC

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+ We have applied a mitigation and observe that cluster creations are proceeding again. We will monitor all impacted cluster creations to ensure they succeed.
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**9. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2025-10-30 16:05 UTC

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+ Cluster creation is operating normally, and all delayed clusters have finished creation.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-10-30 14:50 UTC | Major incident: Advanced Cluster Creation Delayed (this change) | degradation |

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