Intermittent 503 Errors on Atlas Admin API and Automation Tooling
Incident Lifecycle
Incident Timeline
Monitoring
We continue to monitor our systems for intermittent spikes in 503 HTTP errors following our deployed fix. We will provide another update tomorrow by 3 PM UTC.
Mar 26, 2026 at 7:12 PM UTC
Monitoring
The team has identified the root cause of intermittent spikes of HTTP 503 errors and has applied a fix.
Mar 25, 2026 at 11:39 PM UTC
Investigating
We are currently investigating intermittent spikes of HTTP 503 errors affecting Atlas control plane operations performed via the Atlas Admin API and automation tooling such as Terraform. Impacted requests typically fail for a short period and succeed on retry. Atlas database connectivity and data plane operations remain healthy.
Our engineering teams are working to resolve the issue with high urgency and to prevent recurrence. Customers encountering 503 responses are advised to retry failed ...
Our engineering teams are working to resolve the issue with high urgency and to prevent recurrence. Customers encountering 503 responses are advised to retry failed ...
Mar 25, 2026 at 9:31 PM UTC
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