# Firebolt: Major incident: starting & stopping engines takes long time.

**Summary:** Firebolt reported a major degradation affecting Engines: starting and stopping engines took a long time. The incident ran from 2022-06-08 07:11 UTC to 2022-06-08 07:35 UTC, lasting 24 min. Firebolt said it identified the root cause without specifying it, then confirmed the issue was fixed and engines could be started and stopped. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: degradation (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2022-06-08 07:11 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/qk8w7ywgdygz](https://stspg.io/qk8w7ywgdygz)
- [Company: Firebolt](https://rewindex.com/company/firebolt.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:147/fkz6nmq1m0c0@2cadf2e26ed4
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

```diff
+ starting & stopping engines takes long time.
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**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ major
```

**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ resolved
```

**4. Added: Start time**

```diff
+ 2022-06-08 07:11 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

```diff
+ 2022-06-08 07:35 UTC
```

**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ Engines, Firebolt Components - Engines
```

**7. Added: Update** (identified) · 2022-06-08 07:11 UTC

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+ There is an issue with starting/stopping engines. We identified the root cause and our engineers are working to fix the issue.
```

**8. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2022-06-08 07:35 UTC

```diff
+ The issue fixed. Engines can be started/stopped.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2022-06-08 07:11 UTC | Major incident: starting & stopping engines takes long time. (this change) | degradation |

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