# Turbopuffer: Major incident: Elevated rate of 5xx in gcp-us-central1

**Summary:** _summary pending_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: major (vendor)
- Changed: 2026-10-08 17:45 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-19 17:03 UTC
- [Source: https://status.turbopuffer.com/incidents/01M4E9WY42QC3C94YS5ZVVBETY](https://status.turbopuffer.com/incidents/01M4E9WY42QC3C94YS5ZVVBETY)
- [Company: Turbopuffer](https://rewindex.com/company/turbopuffer.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:686/01M4E9WY42QC3C94YS5ZVVBETY@16ce13dc2dd2
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

Incident page (full timeline): [Elevated rate of 5xx in gcp-us-central1](https://rewindex.com/company/turbopuffer/incidents/01M4E9WY42QC3C94YS5ZVVBETY.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Elevated rate of 5xx in gcp-us-central1
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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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+ 2026-10-08 17:45 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-10-09 01:11 UTC
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**6. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-10-08 17:45 UTC

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+ Some namespaces are experiencing an elevated rate of 5xx errors. We have identified the issue and are working to restore full service.
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**7. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-10-08 18:27 UTC

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+ Some write operations are intermittently failing due to an ongoing incident with Google Cloud Storage: https://status.cloud.google.com/incidents/mSFVt6PiP557bjRyYsut.
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**8. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-10-08 18:50 UTC

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+ Error rates have recovered as Google rolls out a fix to Google Cloud Storage. We will continue monitoring until the upstream incident is resolved.
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**9. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-10-09 01:11 UTC

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+ The issue upstream in Google Cloud Storage is resolved and us-central1 operations have returned to normal.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-08 17:45 UTC | Major incident: Elevated rate of 5xx in gcp-us-central1 (this change) | major |

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