Elevated error rates in AWS me-south-1 and me-central-1 regions

Major Impact Monitoring Ongoing April 1, 2026

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Per AWS, the me-south-1 region is now completely unavailable. Customers will not be able to access clusters in the me-south-1 region. Customers who have workloads in me-central-1 are strongly advised to relocate them to an alternative region.
Apr 2, 2026 at 3:40 PM UTC
Monitoring
Provisioning new workloads in AWS me-central-1 and me-south-1 regions is disabled. Migration steps to other AWS regions have been communicated to impacted customers.
Apr 1, 2026 at 7:52 PM UTC
Monitoring
AWS regional recovery is expected to be extended in both me-central-1 and me-south-1 regions. Customers requiring immediate restoration in these two regions are encouraged to review regional failover options.
Mar 20, 2026 at 1:58 PM UTC
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