MongoDB Atlas change history: Impaired Cluster Operations – AWS me-central-1 (United Arab Emirates) and AWS me-south-1 (Bahrain)

Major MongoDB Atlas disruption began 2026-03-01 19:30 UTC in AWS me-central-1 (United Arab Emirates) and AWS me-south-1 (Bahrain): impaired cluster operations, unavailable Bahrain workloads, and blocked migration, backup and restore. AWS power/connectivity issues and regional damage were reported; after 185 days 21 h, MongoDB marked it resolved on 2026-09-03 16:47 UTC while stating disruption remained ongoing.