Kinsta outage, March 2026: Search and Replace bug when changing the primary domain in MyKinsta

Kinsta reported and resolved an incident: Search and Replace bug when changing the primary domain in MyKinsta. It lasted 15 days.

Resolved

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

What happened

Started
Resolved
Duration
15 days
Impact
minor
Affected
MyKinsta

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

    This incident has been resolved.

  2. monitoring

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  3. monitoring

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  4. monitoring

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  5. monitoring

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  6. monitoring

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  7. monitoring

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  8. monitoring

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  9. monitoring

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  10. identified

    We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

  11. identified

    We continue to actively work on a solution to this issue.

  12. identified

    We continue to actively work on a solution to this issue.

  13. identified

    We continue to actively work on a solution to this issue.

  14. identified

    We are continuing to work on the fix for this issue.

  15. identified

    We continue to actively work on a solution to this issue.

  16. identified

    We continue to actively work on a solution to this issue.

  17. identified

    We continue to actively work on a solution to this issue.

  18. identified

    We are actively working on a solution to this issue.

  19. identified

    We are actively working on a solution to this issue.

  20. identified

    We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

  21. identified

    We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

  22. identified

    We have identified the issue and are actively working on implementing a fix.

  23. investigating

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  24. investigating

    We are still investigating the issue.

  25. investigating

    This bug has been reported to our MyKinsta development team. We will continue to provide updates as soon as it becomes available.

  26. investigating

    We are experiencing a bug where the search and replace action continues to run when changing the primary domain, even if the "run search and replace" checkbox is unchecked. We are currently investigating this issue.

What this means for a business (and what to check now)

  • Retry anything that failed during the 15 days.
  • 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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