Kinsta outage, August 2026: Service disruption at the Phoenix, AZ (us-phoenix-1) data center

Kinsta reported and resolved an incident: Service disruption at the Phoenix, AZ (us-phoenix-1) data center. It lasted 3.5 hours.

Resolved

From Kinsta's official status page, in their words.

What happened

Started
Resolved
Duration
3.5 hours
Impact
major
Affected
Phoenix, Arizona, US data center

Why it happened

Kinsta has not given a cause in its updates. We never guess one.

This incident on the Kinsta status page

Timeline

Newest first. From Kinsta's official status page, in their words.

  1. resolved

    The server has remained stable since the fix was implemented. The issue is resolved at this time. If you do have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to our Support team.

  2. monitoring

    Our engineers have implemented a fix. We do see service appears to be restored at this point. We are continuing to monitor the server to ensure its ongoing stability. We do apologize about the disruption and impact this caused to your business. If you do have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to our Support team.

  3. investigating

    Our Engineers are investigating reports of a service disruption affecting sites in the Phoenix, AZ (us-phoenix-1) 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 3.5 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.

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