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MongoDB · Data and observabilityMay 7, 2026, 15:17 UTC

AWS Cluster DNS Changes Degraded Performance

MajorDNSUpdated 20h ago
May 7, 15:17 UTCMay 7, 22:15 UTC
Duration
6h 58m
Impact
Major
Root cause
DNS
MongoDB, 90 days
19 incidents
Affected
MongoDB Atlas for Government
Status page

Final update

DNS updates for ACME are confirmed healthy. Cluster updates are now proceeding as expected.

Timeline

  1. Resolved · May 7, 22:15 UTC
    DNS updates for ACME are confirmed healthy. Cluster updates are now proceeding as expected.
  2. Monitoring · May 7, 19:47 UTC
    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
  3. Monitoring · May 7, 19:47 UTC
    We've identified a bad piece of metadata causing DNS issues. We've since patched this metadata and are seeing recovery in ACME updates for cluster topology changes. We will continue to monitor recovery.
  4. Investigating · May 7, 17:50 UTC
    We are still seeing cases where new cluster update requests are failing to go through due to ACME related DNS issues. We are actively investigating this issue.
  5. Identified · May 7, 16:58 UTC
    Mitigation is in progress; recovery for DNS operations and downstream cluster topology changes has begun.
  6. Identified · May 7, 15:20 UTC
    DNS changes for AWS clusters are currently degraded. Cluster topology modifications may be delayed or not able to complete successfully. We've identified the issue and are pushing out a patch.
  7. Identified · May 7, 15:17 UTC
    DNS changes for AWS clusters are currently degraded. We've identified the issue and are pushing out a patch.

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Full history

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StartedIncidentDuration
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Jun 2301:05 UTCINC20000046Snowflake1h 30m
Jun 410:12 UTCDNS API ServiceDigitalOcean1h 35m
May 2223:27 UTCNew Database Creation Failing Due to Upstream Provider IssueUpstash32m
May 1413:57 UTCDNS service, Certificates and Managed MongoDBDigitalOcean6h 49m
Apr 2903:23 UTCAzure - UK South (London): INC0156355Snowflake1h 21m

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