Confluent: All new dedicated kafka cluster provisioning and expansion in Azure westus3, southcentralus, and eastus2 are failing

Impact: majorStatus: resolvedStarted 2026-02-26 19:56 UTCResolved 2026-02-27 01:57 UTC (6.0 h)3 updatesSource: stspg.io

Summary

Confluent reported a major Confluent Cloud outage affecting all new dedicated Kafka cluster provisioning and expansion in Azure westus3, southcentralus, and eastus2. It lasted 6 h 1 min, from 2026-02-26 19:56 UTC to 2026-02-27 01:57 UTC; the issue was identified, a fix was being implemented, and the incident was subsequently resolved.

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Affected components: Confluent Cloud

Timeline of updates

investigating2026-02-26 19:56 UTC
Azure is investigating the issue and we will post an update soon.
identified2026-02-26 23:07 UTC
The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
resolved2026-02-27 01:57 UTC
This incident has been resolved.

Rewindex changes for this incident

Major incident: All new dedicated kafka cluster provisioning and expansion in Azure westus3, southcentralus, and eastus2 are failing 2026-02-26 19:56 UTC

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