Current answer
Cloudways experienced a major incident: AWS Middle East (Bahrain) Outage. The provider currently marks this incident Identified.
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Identified
We are still working closely with AWS to resolve this issue. AWS services remain impacted, and our team continues to monitor the situation and coordinate with AWS for a resolution. We will share further updates on this status page as more information becomes available. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused and appreciate your patience.
Mar 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM UTC
Identified
AWS is currently experiencing a power outage affecting two of its three data centers in Bahrain. The remaining center is currently over capacity, leading to widespread service failures. Since backups are hosted in the same region, recovery is dependent on AWS restoring local power and connectivity. We are monitoring the situation 24/7 and will update you the moment services begin to recover.
Mar 2, 2026 at 6:28 PM UTC
Identified
Our upstream provider, Amazon Web Services (AWS), is currently experiencing a connectivity and power outage in the Bahrain region, impacting instances hosted in the ME-SOUTH-1 region.
Their technical teams are actively investigating the issue and working to restore services as quickly as possible. We regret the inconvenience this may cause.
Their technical teams are actively investigating the issue and working to restore services as quickly as possible. We regret the inconvenience this may cause.
Mar 2, 2026 at 8:05 AM UTC
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