# Hex: Critical incident: Kernels unavailable

**Summary:** Hex reported a critical outage affecting Kernels and Main site, with kernels unavailable starting at 2024-03-17 04:08 UTC. A fix was implemented by 2024-03-17 04:42 UTC, and the incident was resolved at 2024-03-17 04:50 UTC; the reported duration was 41 min. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2024-03-17 04:08 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/vzl9kj8nlbgs](https://stspg.io/vzl9kj8nlbgs)
- [Company: Hex](https://rewindex.com/company/hex.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:67/8bg0j0q79wjt@fb03cd009220
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

```diff
+ Kernels unavailable
```

**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ critical
```

**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ resolved
```

**4. Added: Start time**

```diff
+ 2024-03-17 04:08 UTC
```

**5. Added: Resolved time**

```diff
+ 2024-03-17 04:50 UTC
```

**6. Added: Affected components**

```diff
+ Kernels, Main site
```

**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2024-03-17 04:08 UTC

```diff
+ We are currently investigating this issue.
```

**8. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2024-03-17 04:42 UTC

```diff
+ A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
```

**9. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2024-03-17 04:50 UTC

```diff
+ This incident has been resolved.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2024-03-17 04:08 UTC | Critical incident: Kernels unavailable (this change) | outage |

All Hex changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/hex/changes.md)
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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/ie3b72a4f08cdac · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/change/ie3b72a4f08cdac.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/changes/ie3b72a4f08cdac · Generated 2026-10-18T03:55:42.139Z