Newly Created Managed Kubernetes Nodes
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Monitoring
Our Engineering team has implemented a fix to address the issue causing DNS timeouts for newly provisioned Managed Kubernetes nodes. Further investigation has confirmed that this issue primarily affected customers utilizing a NAT Gateway within their VPC and running a VPC-native cluster. We are actively monitoring the situation to ensure overall stability.
We appreciate your patience and will provide a further update once the issue is fully confirmed to be resolved.
We appreciate your patience and will provide a further update once the issue is fully confirmed to be resolved.
Mar 13, 2026 at 1:55 PM UTC
Identified
Our Engineering team is investigating an issue impacting newly provisioned Managed Kubernetes nodes. During this time, Only customers who run a NAT Gateway in their VPC and a VPC-native clusters are affected and may experience DNS timeouts. We apologize for the inconvenience and will share an update once we have more information.
Mar 13, 2026 at 12:32 PM UTC
Investigating
Our Engineering team is investigating an issue impacting newly provisioned Managed Kubernetes nodes. During this time, new nodes may experience DNS timeouts, which could temporarily affect cluster services. We apologize for the inconvenience and will share an update once we have more information.
Mar 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM UTC
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