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

- Impact (vendor’s label): major
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-02-26 19:56 UTC · Resolved: 2026-02-27 01:57 UTC · Duration: 6.0 h
- Updates: 3 · Affected components: Confluent Cloud
- [Vendor status page: https://stspg.io/5h0sqqqyghn1](https://stspg.io/5h0sqqqyghn1)
- [Company: Confluent](https://rewindex.com/company/confluent.md)

## 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. _(machine-written, sol)_
## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2026-02-26 19:56 UTC: Azure is investigating the issue and we will post an update soon.
- **identified** 2026-02-26 23:07 UTC: The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
- **resolved** 2026-02-27 01:57 UTC: This incident has been resolved.

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2026-02-26 19:56 UTC: [Major incident: All new dedicated kafka cluster provisioning and expansion in Azure westus3, southcentralus, and eastus2 are failing](https://rewindex.com/change/i0b8cb2c119f5cf.md)


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