# Pinecone: Major incident: [Serverless][AWS][us-west-2] 5xx errors on some read path operations

**Summary:** Pinecone reported a major incident causing 5xx errors on some Serverless read-path operations in AWS us-west-2. It started at 2025-12-31 03:13 UTC and was resolved at 2025-12-31 03:29 UTC, lasting 16 min; a fix was implemented, but no cause was stated. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2025-12-31 03:13 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/f2r2fyxgjws4](https://stspg.io/f2r2fyxgjws4)
- [Company: Pinecone](https://rewindex.com/company/pinecone.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:35/mkktln47h1p1@dea11e3fcffd
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ [Serverless][AWS][us-west-2] 5xx errors on some read path operations
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**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ major
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**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ resolved
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**4. Added: Start time**

```diff
+ 2025-12-31 03:13 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

```diff
+ 2025-12-31 03:29 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ AWS us-west-2, Serverless Indexes - AWS us-west-2
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**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2025-12-31 03:13 UTC

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+ We are currently investigating this issue.
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**8. Added: Update** (identified) · 2025-12-31 03:17 UTC

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+ The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
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**9. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2025-12-31 03:25 UTC

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+ A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
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**10. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2025-12-31 03:29 UTC

```diff
+ This incident has been resolved.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-12-31 03:13 UTC | Major incident: \[Serverless\]\[AWS\]\[us-west-2\] 5xx errors on some read path operations (this change) | outage |

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/i6c993bd83687b3 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/change/i6c993bd83687b3.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/changes/i6c993bd83687b3 · Generated 2026-10-18T02:54:45.757Z