# Confluent: Major incident: Metrics API was experiencing failures from 03:23 UTC to 03:58 UTC

**Summary:** Confluent reported a major Confluent Cloud Metrics API outage, with unavailability from 2026-03-05 03:23 UTC to 2026-03-05 03:58 UTC. The incident record ran from 2026-03-05 04:40 UTC to resolution at 2026-03-05 07:22 UTC (2 h 42 min). Confluent reported mitigation and confirmed normal operation at resolution. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-03-05 04:40 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/xqhsd157m43c](https://stspg.io/xqhsd157m43c)
- [Company: Confluent](https://rewindex.com/company/confluent.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:139/xg6fml6xnh4k@9c4f7efef045
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Metrics API was experiencing failures from 03:23 UTC to 03:58 UTC
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**2. Added: Impact**

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+ major
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**3. Added: Status**

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

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+ 2026-03-05 04:40 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-03-05 07:22 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ Confluent Cloud
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**7. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-03-05 04:40 UTC

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+ Confluent Cloud Metrics API was unavailable from 2026-03-05 03:23 UTC to 2026-03-05 03:58 UTC, the incident has been mitigated and the systems are functioning well.  We are continuing to monitor and will provide an update on or before 2026-03-05 06:40 UTC.
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**8. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-03-05 07:22 UTC

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+ Confluent Cloud Metrics API are now fully functional. The incident has been resolved and systems are functioning as normal.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-05 04:40 UTC | Major incident: Metrics API was experiencing failures from 03:23 UTC to 03:58 UTC (this change) | outage |

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