PlanetScale Status · History · Incident #5639

RESOLVED

API and dashboard errors

Major · Started Jul 17, 2026 · 4:41 PM

  • Duration

    27m

  • Severity

    Major

  • Detection lead

  • User reports

Summary

API and dashboard errors

API and dashboard service is restored.


  • Started

    Jul 17, 2026 · 4:41 PM

  • Resolved

    Jul 17, 2026 · 5:09 PM

  • Duration

    27m

  • Severity

    Major

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

  • Investigating

    Jul 17 · 4:41 PM PlanetScale

    We are aware that both our API and dashboard are returning errors. We are investigating the cause and will restore service as soon as possible.

  • Identified

    Jul 17 · 4:49 PM PlanetScale

    We have identified the cause of the errors - a pattern of requests causing the application to run out of memory and crash - and are working to better handle this traffic pattern now.

  • Monitoring

    Jul 17 · 4:59 PM PlanetScale

    We have increased the memory available to the API and are monitoring the performance and stability of the API and dashboard to confirm service is restored.

  • Resolved

    Jul 17 · 5:09 PM PlanetScale

    API and dashboard service is restored.

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