# PlanetScale: AWS us-east-1 connectivity failures

- Impact (vendor’s label): major
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-10-09 22:53 UTC · Resolved: 2026-10-09 23:19 UTC · Duration: 26 min
- Updates: 3 · Affected components: us-east-1 (Northern Virginia), us-east-1 (Northern Virginia)
- [Vendor status page: https://www.planetscalestatus.com/incidents/01M4HDY5JA1ZGFD2GM5518AS49](https://www.planetscalestatus.com/incidents/01M4HDY5JA1ZGFD2GM5518AS49)
- [Company: PlanetScale](https://rewindex.com/company/planetscale.md)

## Summary

PlanetScale reported a major incident affecting a small number of database branches in AWS us-east-1, with connectivity failures scoped to one AZ causing replica delay and connectivity issues. It started at 2026-10-09 22:53 UTC and was resolved at 2026-10-09 23:19 UTC, lasting 25 min; the vendor said cross-zone networking fully recovered. _(machine-written, sol)_
## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2026-10-09 22:53 UTC: We are investigating reports of connectivity failures scoped to a single AZ in AWS us-east-1 causing replica delay and connectivity issues.
- **monitoring** 2026-10-09 23:13 UTC: A small number of database branches in AWS us-east-1 were impacted by cross-zone networking issues, for which the impact window has ended. If you continue to see impact, please reach out to PlanetScale support.
- **resolved** 2026-10-09 23:19 UTC: AWS us-east-1 cross-zone networking has fully recovered.

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2026-10-09 22:53 UTC: [Major incident: AWS us-east-1 connectivity failures](https://rewindex.com/change/i61dc3349fcc190.md)


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