Kinsta outage, August 2026: Service disruption at the Northern Virginia (Ashburn) data center
Kinsta reported and resolved an incident: Service disruption at the Northern Virginia (Ashburn) data center. It lasted 5.5 hours.
OKResolved
From Kinsta's official status page, in their words.
What happened
- Started
- Resolved
- Duration
- 5.5 hours
- Impact
- major
- Affected
- Ashburn, Virginia, US data centers
Why it happened
Kinsta has not given a cause in its updates. We never guess one.
Timeline
Newest first. From Kinsta's official status page, in their words.
- resolved
This incident has been resolved.
- monitoring
The issue causing some sites to return 520 errors has been fixed. Our Engineering team is continuing to monitor the affected sites to make sure everything remains stable.
- identified
We are currently investigating an issue causing some sites to return 520 errors. Our Engineering team has identified the cause and is working on fixing the affected sites. We will provide updates as we continue to work on the issue.
- monitoring
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- identified
Our Systems Engineering team is currently working on a solution for this issue. We will provide updates as soon as they are available.
- investigating
We are actively investigating this issue and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience it may cause.
- investigating
Our Engineers are investigating reports of a service disruption affecting sites in the Northern Virginia (Ashburn) data center. We are working to restore service to affected sites as quickly as possible.
What this means for a business (and what to check now)
- Retry anything that failed during the 5.5 hours.
- Enter any payments, bookings or jobs you took another way.
- If a deadline fell inside the window, keep this page as your record of the outage.
The full guide: what to do when a service you rely on is down
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