Kinsta outage, August 2026: Sudden fatal errors
Kinsta reported and resolved an incident: Sudden fatal errors. It lasted 4 hours.
OKResolved
From Kinsta's official status page, in their words.
What happened
- Started
- Resolved
- Duration
- 4 hours
- Impact
- none
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.
- investigating
A hotfix has been released (WP Rocket v3.23.2.2). They are monitoring feedback from users to ensure the situation is completely solved. https://status.wp-rocket.me/
- investigating
Incompatibility between WP Rocket and latest WordPress version is causing 500 errors and bringing the site down. You can disable WP Rocket from MyKinsta and subscribe to their status page to get updates when the issue is resolved. https://status.wp-rocket.me/
What this means for a business (and what to check now)
- Retry anything that failed during the 4 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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- MyKinsta Maintenance, maintenance scheduled
- MFA emails not being sent for MyKinsta, resolved after 1.7 hours
- Information in regards to newly discovered PHP vulnerability CVE-2026-115560 (Oct 23, 2026), resolved after 4 days
- PHP Security Vulnerability Update, resolved after 13.4 hours
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