# Baseten: Major incident: Elevated inference 500s for models in a single US-based cluster

**Summary:** Baseten reported a major Dedicated Inference incident with elevated inference 500s for models in a single US-based cluster. It ran from 2026-08-31 06:38 UTC to 2026-08-31 07:02 UTC (24 min); a fix was in place and traffic was back at 06:57 UTC. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-08-31 06:38 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/6xkc1z9fb2zv](https://stspg.io/6xkc1z9fb2zv)
- [Company: Baseten](https://rewindex.com/company/baseten.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:3/kr8c3ywnv4fy@e5d90491e074
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

```diff
+ Elevated inference 500s for models in a single US-based cluster
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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
+ 2026-08-31 06:38 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

```diff
+ 2026-08-31 07:02 UTC
```

**6. Added: Affected components**

```diff
+ Dedicated Inference
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**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-08-31 06:38 UTC

```diff
+ We are currently investigating this issue.
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**8. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-08-31 06:57 UTC

```diff
+ Fix is in place and traffic is back.
```

**9. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-08-31 07:02 UTC

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

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-31 06:38 UTC | Major incident: Elevated inference 500s for models in a single US-based cluster (this change) | outage |

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