# Honeycomb: Major incident: Degraded event ingest

**Summary:** _summary pending_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: major (vendor)
- Changed: 2026-10-20 17:07 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-20 17:13 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/bdksvh9w83sp](https://stspg.io/bdksvh9w83sp)
- [Company: Honeycomb](https://rewindex.com/company/honeycomb.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:279/cxysg7722jlb@f320dfa536fd
- Change 1 of 2 for this incident

Incident page (full timeline): [Degraded event ingest](https://rewindex.com/company/honeycomb/incidents/cxysg7722jlb.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

```diff
+ Degraded event ingest
```

**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ none
```

**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ resolved
```

**4. Added: Start time**

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+ 2026-10-20 17:07 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-10-20 13:30 UTC
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**6. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-10-20 13:30 UTC

```diff
+ From 13:57 to 14:09 UTC, event ingest in Honeycomb's US production environment was degraded by an <a href="https://status.honeycomb.io/incidents/rcknrvx70m20">concurrent incident</a>. During this window, approximately 53% of incoming events received 5xx errors.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-20 17:07 UTC | Major incident: Degraded event ingest (this change) | major |
| 2026-10-20 21:33 UTC | [Incident silently edited: Degraded event ingest](https://rewindex.com/change/rde308bce326a09.md) |  |

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