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Render: HA Postgres Unavailability

Impact: majorStatus: resolvedStarted Resolved (54 min)8 updatesSource: stspg.io (opens in new tab)
Summary

Render reported a major HA Postgres outage affecting multiple regions and Workflows, starting 2026-05-07 02:00 UTC and resolved at 2026-05-07 02:54 UTC (53 min). Render believed only HA-enabled databases were affected; Workflows recovered by 02:38 UTC and all affected database instances were back online by 02:47 UTC, though some showed stale 'Unready' statuses.

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Affected components: Ohio - WorkflowsWorkflowsPostgreSQLVirginia - PostgreSQLFrankfurt - WorkflowsWorkflowsOregon - WorkflowsWorkflowsFrankfurt - PostgreSQLPostgreSQLSingapore - WorkflowsWorkflowsVirginia - WorkflowsWorkflowsOhio - PostgreSQLPostgreSQLPostgreSQLSingapore - PostgreSQLOregon - PostgreSQLPostgreSQL

Timeline of updates

  1. investigating

    We're investigating reports of Postgres unavailability in multiple regions. At this point we believe this only impacts databases with HA turned on.

  2. investigating

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. investigating

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  4. identified

    We've identified the issue and are implementing a fix.

  5. identified

    We're bringing the affected Postgres instances back online and expect full recovery within fifteen minutes.

  6. identified

    We're continuing to see instance recovery across the fleet. Render Workflows is now fully operational.

  7. identified

    All affected instances are back online, though a few databases may still show a stale 'Unready' status. We are working to refresh the status.

  8. resolved

    Everything is back to normal, and the incident is now resolved. We are planning long-term mitigations to prevent this issue from recurring, and we will share the results of our investigation with all affected customers.

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