Major incident

Confluent Cloud: Elevated error rates and latencies in Azure westus2 region

Affected: Confluent Cloud

Current status of Confluent Cloud: Operational — live Confluent Cloud status

Timeline

1. May 29, 2026, 05:57 UTC
   investigating
   We are currently experiencing increased error rates and latencies in the Azure westus2 region. This began at approximately 5:10 AM UTC 29th May. Our team is actively investigating it.
2. May 29, 2026, 06:47 UTC
   investigating
   Confluent cloud services are experiencing outage in Azure West US2 region linked to Azure network connectivity degradation. Team is continuing active investigation.
3. May 29, 2026, 10:25 UTC
   monitoring
   We are monitoring the health of impacted Confluent services in the Azure West US2 region. More details about the Multi Service degradation on the Azure status page: https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status
4. May 29, 2026, 16:49 UTC
   monitoring
   Confluent services in the Azure West US2 region are now healthy. We are continuing to monitor for residual effects as Azure continues to address their service outage. More details about the Multi Service degradation on the Azure status page: https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status
5. May 29, 2026, 21:47 UTC
   resolved
   The Multi Service degradation on Azure has been mitigated. Confluent Cloud is operating normally.

Updates as published by Confluent Cloud (original).