What causes outages
Root causes vendors named in their own updates, over the last 12 months.
- Capacity82in 12 monthsMedian 1h 27m · 25 major
- Config change77in 12 monthsMedian 1h 7m · 34 major
- Dependency71in 12 monthsMedian 1h 55m · 28 major
- Network51in 12 monthsMedian 1h 19m · 15 major
- Database39in 12 monthsMedian 1h 17m · 14 major
- Deployment32in 12 monthsMedian 1h 27m · 15 major
- Bug18in 12 monthsMedian 21m · 6 major
- DNS15in 12 monthsMedian 1h 30m · 9 major
- Storage11in 12 monthsMedian 3h 11m · 3 major
- Certificate5in 12 monthsMedian 1h 21m · 4 major
- Power5in 12 monthsMedian 26h 39m · 4 major
- Operator0in 12 monthsNo durations
- Security0in 12 monthsNo durations
5463 of 5869 incidents came with no stated cause. Most status updates describe symptoms, not causes.
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