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Elevated 429 Errors Impacting Metrics Querying Across Multiple Regions

Critical Impact Investigating Ongoing April 20, 2026

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Investigating
The issue is now confirmed to be widespread, affecting Prometheus across all regions.

Customers may continue to experience elevated 429 (rate limit) errors, particularly when querying metrics, with failures or inconsistent responses possible.

Our engineering team remains fully engaged and is actively working on mitigation and resolution efforts with the highest priority.
Apr 20, 2026 at 2:21 PM UTC
Investigating
We are currently experiencing a major incident causing elevated 429 (rate limit) errors across multiple regions, primarily impacting metrics querying.

This is a high-priority issue, and our engineering team is actively engaged and working urgently to identify the root cause and restore full service as quickly as possible. Customers may experience widespread failures or delays when querying metrics during this time.

We understand the significant impact this may have and will continue to prov...
Apr 20, 2026 at 2:09 PM UTC
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