Authentication failures when running search queries for some clusters
Incident Lifecycle
Incident Timeline
Monitoring
We have resolved the issue for all impacted clusters. We continue to monitor the fleet for any residual impact.
May 24, 2026 at 12:14 AM UTC
Identified
We have identified the root cause of the search query failures and are working on a mitigation for impacted clusters. Clusters with dedicated search nodes are unaffected. Some clusters with colocated search nodes may see search query failures.
May 23, 2026 at 8:14 PM UTC
Investigating
We are investigating an issue impacting some clusters that causes search queries to fail with authentication failures.
May 23, 2026 at 7:48 PM UTC
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