# Sanity: Major incident: Installation issues affecting the Sanity package

**Summary:** Sanity reported a major Studio incident where the Sanity package could fail to install due to a third-party dependency, blocking affected customers’ installations. It started at 2026-02-18 18:45 UTC and was resolved at 2026-02-18 19:43 UTC, lasting 58 min; the dependency maintainer implemented a fix. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-02-18 18:45 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/gdpxk89465jg](https://stspg.io/gdpxk89465jg)
- [Company: Sanity](https://rewindex.com/company/sanity.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:206/9xy9q02gkxs3@d0443e7ebe5d
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Installation issues affecting the Sanity package
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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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+ 2026-02-18 18:45 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-02-18 19:43 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ Studio
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**7. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-02-18 18:45 UTC

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+ We’re investigating an issue where Sanity may fail to install due to a third-party dependency. We’ve identified the cause and have reached out to the dependency maintainer. We’ll share an update as soon as more information is available.
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**8. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-02-18 19:22 UTC

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+ The dependency maintainer has implemented a fix, and we are currently monitoring the results.
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**9. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-02-18 19:43 UTC

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

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-18 18:45 UTC | Major incident: Installation issues affecting the Sanity package (this change) | outage |

All Sanity changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/sanity/changes.md)
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