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Sigma Computing: Workbooks not loading for Sigma users on AWS Snowflake

Impact: majorStatus: postmortemStarted Resolved (2.7 h)5 updatesSource: stspg.io (opens in new tab)
Summary

Sigma Computing reported a major outage causing workbooks not to load and queries to hang for AWS US and AWS EU users using Snowflake CDW. The final update corrected the start to approximately 2023-09-14 12:49 UTC; mitigation resolved it at 2023-09-14 17:24 UTC (computed duration: 2 h 43 min).

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Affected components: AWS - Sigma - AWS (US)Sigma - AWS (US)GCP - Sigma - GCP (US)Azure - Sigma - Azure (US)AWS - Sigma - AWS (Europe)Sigma - AWS (Europe)AWS - Sigma - AWS (Canada)

Timeline of updates

  1. investigating

    We are investigating an issue with workbooks not loading and queries hanging. We are treating this as our highest priority. Our apologies for any inconvenience caused. Impacted Cloud Regions & Services: Sigma users hosted on AWS US & AWS EU using Snowflake CDW Incident Start Time: Approximately 14:12 UTC September 14, 2023

  2. investigating

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. monitoring

    Our engineers have implemented mitigation measures and we are monitoring the effect closely. Impacted Cloud Regions & Services: Sigma users hosted on AWS US & AWS EU using Snowflake CDW User Experience: We expected workbooks to load normally starting 14:48 UTC for AWS US users and at 15:01 UTC for AWS EU users. Incident Start Time: Approximately 14:12 UTC Sep 14, 2023 Note: A correction was made for the incident start time to be in 24-Hour time

  4. resolved

    The mitigation measures have proven effective, and the issue is resolved. We will perform a root cause analysis (RCA) and publish our findings in a postmortem note to the Sigma Community site in coming days. You will receive a notification when that occurs. Impacted Cloud Regions & Services: Sigma users hosted on AWS US & AWS EU using Snowflake CDW Incident Start Time: Approximately 12:49 UTC September 14, 2023 Incident End Time: Approximately 14:39 UTC September 14, 2023

  5. postmortem

    Sigma Engineering has completed the postmortem of this incident. A Root Cause Analysis \(RCA\) is available on the Sigma Community site: [Postmortem for September 14th, 2023; Workbooks not loading for Sigma users on AWS Snowflake](https://community.sigmacomputing.com/t/post-mortem-for-september-14th-2023-workbooks-not-loading-for-sigma-users-on-aws-snowflake/2604)

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