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DigitalOcean outage on Aug 19, 2026: what happened

On Aug 19, 2026, the DigitalOcean status page reported "Major Service Interruption in MKC1". About 8 hours 25 min: from Aug 19, 2026, 11:10 UTC to Aug 19, 2026, 19:34 UTC, by the official start and resolution times.

Started

Aug 19, 2026, 11:10 UTC

Resolved

Aug 19, 2026, 19:34 UTC

Duration

8 hours 25 min

Official impact

Critical

Affected

MKC1, Kubernetes - MKC1, GPU Droplets - MKC1

Source

Major Service Interruption in MKC1 on the DigitalOcean status page

The DigitalOcean status page rated it "Critical", its highest impact level: an outage of the affected parts, not only slowness.

What caused the DigitalOcean outage?

The DigitalOcean status page has not published a cause. When it identified the problem at 12:22 UTC on Aug 19, 2026, it said: "We have identified the root cause of the issue in the MKC1 region affecting multiple racks and nodes. Our Engineering team is actively implementing remediation steps to restore connectivity and bring the impacted nodes back online. During this time, customers may continue to experience disruptions to GPU workloads and Serverless Inference. Kubernetes (DOKS) worker nodes may also remain in a NotReady state, and customers may be unable to reach Kubernetes API endpoints or perform cluster-management operations in affected clusters. We will provide another update as soon as we have more information."

When was it fixed?

The DigitalOcean status page marked it resolved at Aug 19, 2026, 19:34 UTC, 8 hours 25 min after it started. A fix was in place and being monitored from Aug 19, 2026, 18:59 UTC. Its resolution note: "Our Engineering team has confirmed the regional control plane is healthy and CPU Droplets, Managed databases, Load balancers, Block storage, Kubernetes (DOKS) and Spaces are operating normally. GPU Droplets continue to be impacted and our teams are working to restore all nodes. We will communicate ..."

Timeline of official updates

Every update the DigitalOcean status page posted, oldest first. Times are UTC.

1. Aug 19, 2026, 11:10 UTC investigating

   Our Engineering team is currently investigating an issue in the MKC1 region affecting multiple racks and nodes. During this time, customers may experience disruptions to GPU workloads, and Kubernetes (DOKS) worker nodes may enter a NotReady state. Our team is actively working to restore connectivity and bring impacted nodes back online. If you continue to experience issues, please open a support ticket from within your account.

2. Aug 19, 2026, 12:22 UTC identified

   We have identified the root cause of the issue in the MKC1 region affecting multiple racks and nodes. Our Engineering team is actively implementing remediation steps to restore connectivity and bring the impacted nodes back online. During this time, customers may continue to experience disruptions to GPU workloads and Serverless Inference. Kubernetes (DOKS) worker nodes may also remain in a NotReady state, and customers may be unable to reach Kubernetes API endpoints or perform cluster-management operations in affected clusters. We will provide another update as soon as we have more information.

3. Aug 19, 2026, 15:28 UTC identified

   Our Engineering team continues to work on the issue affecting the MKC1 region. We are actively working to restore connectivity and bring the impacted nodes back online. We will provide another update as soon as we have more information.

4. Aug 19, 2026, 18:59 UTC monitoring

   At this time, the regional control plane is fully healthy. CPU Droplets, Managed databases, Load balancers, Block storage and Spaces are operating normally. Droplet create, resize and other management operations are working. Kubernetes (DOKS) control planes are reachable. Our teams are continuing to work with the facility to restore all equipment. GPU Droplets in MKC1 remain offline or unreachable. DOKS GPU worker nodes may remain NotReady, and GPU-backed inference endpoints in this region may be unavailable. We will monitor the regional control plane for a short time and then resolve this incident. GPU customers will receive personalized updates with more information in lieu of this status page. If you have questions about your affected resources, contact support and reference this incident.

5. Aug 19, 2026, 19:34 UTC resolved

   Our Engineering team has confirmed the regional control plane is healthy and CPU Droplets, Managed databases, Load balancers, Block storage, Kubernetes (DOKS) and Spaces are operating normally. GPU Droplets continue to be impacted and our teams are working to restore all nodes. We will communicate with GPU Droplet customers separately via Slack and email with more information and regular updates. Thank you for your patience throughout this incident. If you continue to experience any issues, please open a support ticket from within your account.

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