# Pinecone: Major incident: [Serverless][Azure][eastus2] 5xx errors on some requests for some indexes

**Summary:** Pinecone reported a major outage causing 5xx errors on some requests for some Serverless indexes in Azure eastus2. It started at 2026-07-09 09:50 UTC and was resolved at 2026-07-09 14:37 UTC, lasting 4 h 47 min; Pinecone reported implementing a fix and monitoring the results. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-07-09 09:50 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/5yn0r7x4nj4j](https://stspg.io/5yn0r7x4nj4j)
- [Company: Pinecone](https://rewindex.com/company/pinecone.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:35/m3wrr6csl9jm@c3ebd4eaeb5c
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ [Serverless][Azure][eastus2] 5xx errors on some requests for some indexes
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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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+ 2026-07-09 09:50 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-07-09 14:37 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ Azure eastus2, Serverless Indexes - Azure eastus2
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**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-07-09 09:50 UTC

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+ We are currently investigating this issue.
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**8. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-07-09 14:26 UTC

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+ A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
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**9. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-07-09 14:37 UTC

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

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-09 09:50 UTC | Major incident: \[Serverless\]\[Azure\]\[eastus2\] 5xx errors on some requests for some indexes (this change) | outage |

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