PlanetScale: Problems with Vitess connectivity and credential changes
Affected components: ap-south-1 (Mumbai)ap-northeast-1 (Tokyo)sa-east-1 (Sao Paulo)ap-southeast-1 (Singapore)ap-southeast-2 (Sydney)eu-west-1 (Dublin)eu-central-1 (Frankfurt)us-east-1 (Northern Virginia)us-west-2 (Oregon)us-central1 (Iowa)northamerica-northeast1 (Montréal)asia-northeast3 (Seoul)us-east4 (Northern Virginia)us-east-2 (Ohio)ca-central-1 (Montreal)us-east1 (Moncks Corner)europe-west1 (St. Ghislain)europe-west4 (Eemshaven)eu-west-2 (London)
Timeline of updates
- investigating
We are investigating internal and external reports of Vitess database connectivity problems for certain branches and long delays in credential changes (including creating new users/passwords) propagating into Vitess databases.
- monitoring
We've identified the resource exhaustion in credential distribution and are monitoring the restoration of service.
- resolved
We've observed service restored and successful credential changes across PlanetScale's environments.
Changes Rewindex caught on this incident
- Major incident: Problems with Vitess connectivity and credential changes
- Incident updated: Problems with Vitess connectivity and credential changes
- Incident updated: Problems with Vitess connectivity and credential changes
- Incident silently edited: Problems with Vitess connectivity and credential changes
Archive proof
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How the archive is checked, and what it cannot prove.
First version captured
In the 2026-10-26 checkpoint, timestamped by FreeTSA and DigiCert on . Record hash
cc3df2065760ed17…Version 2 captured
In the 2026-10-26 checkpoint, timestamped by FreeTSA and DigiCert on . Record hash
ed86ed264bf12f88…Version 3 captured
In the 2026-10-26 checkpoint, timestamped by FreeTSA and DigiCert on . Record hash
b0141efc6172d31d…Version 4 captured
In the 2026-10-26 checkpoint, timestamped by FreeTSA and DigiCert on . Record hash
21e22344bfcbbb73…
Impact, status and times are the vendor’s own, as last archived. View on www.planetscalestatus.com (opens in new tab).