# Pinecone: Major incident: [Serverless][GCP][us-central1] 5xx errors on some read operations for some indexes

**Summary:** Pinecone reported a major incident causing 5xx errors on some read operations for some Serverless indexes in GCP us-central1. It started at 2026-03-04 21:06 UTC and was resolved at 2026-03-04 22:16 UTC, lasting 1 h 10 min. A fix was implemented; affected customers could encounter failed reads during the incident. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-03-04 21:06 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/yx5v2py96z2k](https://stspg.io/yx5v2py96z2k)
- [Company: Pinecone](https://rewindex.com/company/pinecone.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:35/zd8c7hb0vpt6@8f4a38385741
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ [Serverless][GCP][us-central1] 5xx errors on some read operations for some indexes
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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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+ 2026-03-04 21:06 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-03-04 22:16 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ GCP us-central1, Serverless Indexes - GCP us-central1
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**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-03-04 21:06 UTC

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+ We are currently investigating this issue.
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**8. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-03-04 22:11 UTC

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+ A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
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**9. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-03-04 22:16 UTC

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+ This incident has been resolved.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-04 21:06 UTC | Major incident: \[Serverless\]\[GCP\]\[us-central1\] 5xx errors on some read operations for some indexes (this change) | outage |

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