# CockroachDB: Major incident: Cluster Creation Failure

**Summary:** CockroachDB reported a major cluster creation failure affecting CockroachDB Basic/Standard starting at 2026-07-12 20:08 UTC. Cluster creation was restored at 2026-07-12 21:24 UTC, resolving the incident after 1 h 16 min. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-07-12 20:08 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/2b1ml0mrpz3t](https://stspg.io/2b1ml0mrpz3t)
- [Company: CockroachDB](https://rewindex.com/company/cockroachdb.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:138/gv87r553pt0d@841899c74690
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

```diff
+ Cluster Creation Failure
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**2. Added: Impact**

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

```diff
+ resolved
```

**4. Added: Start time**

```diff
+ 2026-07-12 20:08 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

```diff
+ 2026-07-12 21:24 UTC
```

**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ CockroachDB Basic/Standard
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**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-07-12 20:08 UTC

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+ We are currently aware of and investigating a cluster creation failure. Teams are engaged and actively working to mitigate as quickly as possible.
```

**8. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-07-12 21:24 UTC

```diff
+ The cluster creation issue has been restored. Issue is resolved.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-12 20:08 UTC | Major incident: Cluster Creation Failure (this change) | outage |

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