Elevated error rates in AWS me-south-1 and me-central-1 regions
Incident Lifecycle
Incident Timeline
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 3, 2026 at 5:34 AM UTC
Monitoring
Confluent Cloud services in AWS me-south-1 remain stable and operating normally following mitigation. We continue to monitor for any residual issues.
Confluent Cloud services in AWS me-central-1 continue to experience a complete outage due to the ongoing AWS regional infrastructure failure in that region.
Confluent Cloud services in AWS me-central-1 continue to experience a complete outage due to the ongoing AWS regional infrastructure failure in that region.
Mar 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM UTC
Monitoring
Confluent cloud services in AWS me-south-1 are mitigated. They are currently being monitored.
Confluent Cloud Services in AWS me-central-1 are still disrupted owing to regional outage at AWS.
Confluent Cloud Services in AWS me-central-1 are still disrupted owing to regional outage at AWS.
Mar 2, 2026 at 10:35 AM UTC
Investigating
Confluent Cloud services in AWS me-central-1 region are experiencing a major outage. They are linked to AWS's me-central-1 regional outage
Confluent Cloud services in AWS me-south-1 are being mitigated.
Confluent Cloud services in AWS me-south-1 are being mitigated.
Mar 2, 2026 at 8:32 AM UTC
Investigating
We are experiencing increased error rates in some of our Confluent Cloud services in AWS me-south-1 and me-central-1 regions. This began at approximately 05:00 AM UTC today and is linked to disruptions in AWS’s availability zones in these regions (mec1-az1, mec1-az3 and mes1-az2). Team is currently working on mitigating these and will provide updates as the situation evolves.
Mar 2, 2026 at 7:19 AM UTC
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