# Couchbase: Major incident: Capella Operations Impacted by GCP capacity issues

**Summary:** _summary pending_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: major (vendor)
- Changed: 2026-08-04 23:26 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-19 18:33 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/r28m50zmkncl](https://stspg.io/r28m50zmkncl)
- [Company: Couchbase](https://rewindex.com/company/couchbase.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:729/mz5445ylrwkx@76b2ef21b620
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

Incident page (full timeline): [Capella Operations Impacted by GCP capacity issues](https://rewindex.com/company/couchbase/incidents/mz5445ylrwkx.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Capella Operations Impacted by GCP capacity issues
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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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+ 2026-08-04 23:26 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-08-05 19:21 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ GCP - Google Cloud Platform Google Compute Engine, Google Cloud Platform Google Compute Engine
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**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-08-04 23:26 UTC

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+ GCP us-central1 capacity issue impacting Operational Cluster lifecycle operations, including new cluster creation, turn-on, and backup. Existing clusters are unaffected, and we are actively working with the GCP team on the next steps.
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**8. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-08-04 23:39 UTC

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+ We are in direct contact with GCP support to monitor us-central1 and will provide another update as soon as capacity stabilizes. Recommended Workarounds: * New Deployments: Select an alternate GCP region (such as us-east1, us-east4, or us-west1) for new cluster creation.  * Existing Clusters: Avoid pausing, stopping, or modifying existing us-central1 clusters until GCP resolves the capacity constraint, as turning them back on or adding nodes may temporarily fail.
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**9. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-08-05 03:09 UTC

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+ The capacity issues impacting the GCP regions and resulting operational Cluster lifecycle operations, including new cluster creation, turn-on, and backup failures: us-central1 asia-southeast1 us-east1 Recommended Workarounds: * New Deployments: Select an alternate GCP region for new cluster creation. * Existing Clusters: Avoid pausing, stopping, or modifying existing us-central1 clusters until GCP resolves the capacity constraint, as turning them back on or adding nodes may temporarily fail. * Backups: Support Team will perform cluster backups to continue to maintain backups. We continue to work closely with the GCP team on mitigation.
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**10. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-08-05 12:20 UTC

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+ We have seen signs of recovery and failure rates have drastically reduced. We continue to monitor the situation closely.
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**11. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-08-05 19:13 UTC

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+ We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
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**12. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-08-05 19:21 UTC

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+ Across us-central1, asia-southeast1, and us-east1 regions, we have verified that all Cluster lifecycle operations—including new cluster creations, turn-ons, and backups—are now functioning normally and completing successfully. Failure rates have returned to the standard baseline level.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-08-04 23:26 UTC | Major incident: Capella Operations Impacted by GCP capacity issues (this change) | major |

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