# Appwrite: Incident updated: Degraded Appwrite Sites due to ephemeral key failures

> Incident updated: Degraded Appwrite Sites due to ephemeral key failures. Detected 2026-10-25 by Rewindex: what changed on Appwrite’s status page, with the before/after diff.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/r3ea858a2fdd080
Last updated: 2026-10-25T15:33:08Z

**Summary:** _summary pending_
- Kind: Incident update · Label: Normal progress (rule)
- Changed: 2026-10-25 15:33 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-25 15:33 UTC
- Source: n/a
- [Company: Appwrite](https://rewindex.com/company/appwrite.md)
- Versions: before incident\_version:134/2026-10-25-degraded-sites-due-to-ephemeral-key-failures@a6edd373083a → after incident\_version:134/2026-10-25-degraded-sites-due-to-ephemeral-key-failures@ee9cf3df8087
- Change 1 of 2 for this incident

Incident page (full timeline): [Degraded Appwrite Sites due to ephemeral key failures](https://rewindex.com/company/appwrite/incidents/2026-10-25-degraded-sites-due-to-ephemeral-key-failures.md)
## What changed

**1. Added: Update** · 2026-10-25 15:21 UTC

```diff
+ We have identified the cause. A proactive security hardening change we made introduced a regression that stops ephemeral keys from working. We are preparing a fix and will post an update when it is rolling out.
```

**2. Added: Update** · 2026-10-25 15:24 UTC

```diff
+ While we prepare the fix, you can work around the issue by switching your site from the ephemeral key to a standard API key with the scopes your site needs.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-25 15:33 UTC | Incident updated: Degraded Appwrite Sites due to ephemeral key failures (this change) | Normal progress |
| 2026-10-25 15:53 UTC | [Incident updated: Degraded Appwrite Sites due to ephemeral key failures](https://rewindex.com/change/r91a1fdae17a016.md) | Rewrite: impact downgraded |

Next: [change](https://rewindex.com/change/r91a1fdae17a016.md) · All Appwrite changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/appwrite/changes.md)
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## Cite this

Incident updated: Degraded Appwrite Sites due to ephemeral key failures on Appwrite’s status page, changed 2026-10-25 15:33 UTC (change 1 of 2).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/change/r3ea858a2fdd080
- Citation: Appwrite, “Incident updated: Degraded Appwrite Sites due to ephemeral key failures” (2026-10-25 15:33 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/change/r3ea858a2fdd080 (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[Appwrite: Incident updated: Degraded Appwrite Sites due to ephemeral key failures (2026-10-25)](https://rewindex.com/change/r3ea858a2fdd080)`


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/r3ea858a2fdd080 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/change/r3ea858a2fdd080.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/changes/r3ea858a2fdd080 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-11-04T13:38:51.305Z