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Fly.io: Major incident: Secrets service outage

Summary

Fly.io’s major secrets service outage blocked new app creation and secret updates; existing apps continued running. It lasted 1 h 3 min, from 2026-08-14 19:30 UTC to 2026-08-14 20:33 UTC. Fly.io cited a failed deployment and failed over the secrets database to a replica, after which the Machines API appeared healthy.

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Major incidentLabel: outage (model (Jev), 91%)Changed Detected Source: status.flyio.net (opens in new tab)

What changed

AddedTitle#1
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After: Secrets service outage
AddedImpact#2
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After: major
AddedStatus#3
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After: resolved
AddedStart time#4
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After: 2026-08-14 19:30 UTC
AddedResolved time#5
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After: 2026-08-14 20:33 UTC
AddedUpdateidentified#6
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After: We are working to recover our secrets service after a failed deployment. Apps continue to run, but it is not possible to create new apps or update secrets at this time.
AddedUpdatemonitoring#7
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After: We have failed over the secrets database to a replica, and the Machines API appears healthy now. We are monitoring for any further issues.
AddedUpdateresolved#8
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After: This incident has been resolved.

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History of this incident

When (UTC)ChangeKind
Major incident: Secrets service outage (this change)
Fly.io’s major secrets service outage blocked new app creation and secret updates; existing apps continued running. It lasted 1 h 3 min, from 2026-08-14 19:30 UTC to 2026-08-14 20:33 UTC. Fly.io cited a failed deployment and failed over the secrets database to a replica, after which the Machines API appeared healthy.
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