# Confluent: Connectivity degradation - AWS us-east-1

- Impact (vendor’s label): major
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-09-08 20:01 UTC · Resolved: 2026-09-09 13:01 UTC · Duration: 17 h
- Updates: 5 · Affected components: Confluent Cloud
- [Vendor status page: https://stspg.io/wmqt41lq5q45](https://stspg.io/wmqt41lq5q45)
- [Company: Confluent](https://rewindex.com/company/confluent.md)

## Summary

Confluent Cloud reported a major connectivity disruption affecting Kafka clusters in AWS us-east-1, starting 2026-09-08 20:01 UTC and resolved 2026-09-09 13:01 UTC (reported duration: 16 h 59 min). A fix was implemented at 09-08 20:30 UTC; connectivity was reported fully operational at resolution. _(machine-written, sol)_
## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2026-09-08 20:01 UTC: We are investigating a service disruption affecting connectivity to Kafka clusters in AWS us-east-1.
- **investigating** 2026-09-08 20:13 UTC: We are continuing to investigate this issue.
- **identified** 2026-09-08 20:20 UTC: A possible root cause has been identified and the Confluent Cloud team is implementing a fix
- **monitoring** 2026-09-08 20:30 UTC: A fix has been implemented and the team is monitoring recovery.
- **resolved** 2026-09-09 13:01 UTC: The issues is now resolved.  Connectivity to AWS us-east-1 should be fully operational.

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2026-09-08 20:01 UTC: [Major incident: Connectivity degradation - AWS us-east-1](https://rewindex.com/change/iac1283df13beed.md)


---
Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/confluent/incidents/1zqp77k61bys · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/company/confluent/incidents/1zqp77k61bys.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/companies/confluent/incidents/1zqp77k61bys · Generated 2026-10-18T10:32:55.681Z