# CockroachDB: Major incident: gcp-eu-west2-b-availability-zone-issues

**Summary:** _summary pending_
## Part of an outage event

- [Google Cloud europe-west2 outage, Oct 20, 2026: 19 vendors, 19 incidents](https://rewindex.com/events/2026-10-20-google-cloud-europe-west2)
- This incident blames Google Cloud as the cause. (hop 1, posted +1 h 46 min vs Google Cloud’s own post)
- Evidence: “…gcp-eu-west2-b-availability-zone-issues GCP has mitigated the power event that caused this disruption in the europe-west2 region. All GCP and CRL services has returned to normal operation. No further…”

```mermaid
flowchart LR
  root["Google Cloud europe-west2<br/>posted 06:08 UTC"]:::root
  before["Posted before Google Cloud did<br/>1 vendor, 1 blamed Google Cloud<br/>JFrog"]:::blames
  root --> before
  h1["Within an hour<br/>4 vendors, 4 blamed Google Cloud<br/>Aiven, Northflank, Elastic Cloud, dbt Labs"]:::blames
  root --> h1
  h4["1 to 4 hours later<br/>4 vendors, 4 blamed Google Cloud<br/>MongoDB Atlas, Sourcegraph, CockroachDB, ClickHouse Cloud"]:::blames
  root --> h4
  later["Later<br/>2 vendors, 1 blamed Google Cloud<br/>Grafana Cloud, Confluent"]:::blames
  root --> later
  me["CockroachDB (this incident)<br/>posted +1 h 46 min"]:::me
  h4 --- me
```

_Detected automatically from incidents that started together and named the same provider; a link means one incident named another vendor, not a confirmed cause._

- Kind: Major incident · Label: degradation (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-10-20 07:53 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-20 08:03 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/dhv27txqcxcc](https://stspg.io/dhv27txqcxcc)
- [Company: CockroachDB](https://rewindex.com/company/cockroachdb.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:138/pgyyv2p20r7f@62efac1d4516
- Change 1 of 4 for this incident

Incident page (full timeline): [gcp-eu-west2-b-availability-zone-issues](https://rewindex.com/company/cockroachdb/incidents/pgyyv2p20r7f.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

```diff
+ gcp-eu-west2-b-availability-zone-issues
```

**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ minor
```

**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ investigating
```

**4. Added: Start time**

```diff
+ 2026-10-20 07:53 UTC
```

**5. Added: Affected components**

```diff
+ CockroachDB Advanced, CockroachDB Basic/Standard, CockroachDB Cloud - CockroachDB Advanced, CockroachDB Cloud - CockroachDB Basic/Standard
```

**6. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-10-20 07:53 UTC

```diff
+ GCP europe-west2-b and availability zone is currently experiencing issues.  We will continue to monitor this situation and update status once we have more information.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-20 07:53 UTC | Major incident: gcp-eu-west2-b-availability-zone-issues (this change) | degradation |
| 2026-10-20 11:53 UTC | [Incident updated: gcp-eu-west2-b-availability-zone-issues](https://rewindex.com/change/r1a1608e917030b.md) |  |
| 2026-10-20 13:03 UTC | [Incident updated: gcp-eu-west2-b-availability-zone-issues](https://rewindex.com/change/r424100c642a8c1.md) |  |
| 2026-10-20 15:03 UTC | [Incident updated: gcp-eu-west2-b-availability-zone-issues](https://rewindex.com/change/rd94d12d9afba95.md) |  |

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