Minor incident

Confluent Cloud: Delay in Kafka cluster provisioning

Affected: Confluent Cloud

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

Timeline

1. Oct 16, 2026, 01:04 UTC
   investigating
   We are investigating an issue that is causing delays in Kafka cluster provisioning in all regions. Existing clusters are not affected and continue to operate normally. We will provide another update within 60 minutes.
2. Oct 16, 2026, 02:26 UTC
   investigating
   We are still investigating the delays in Kafka cluster provisioning in all regions and are actively working on mitigation. Existing clusters continue to operate normally. Our next update will be posted by 3:30 UTC or as more information becomes available.
3. Oct 16, 2026, 03:34 UTC
   identified
   We have identified the cause of the delays in Kafka cluster provisioning in all regions and are working on mitigation. Existing clusters continue to operate normally. Our next update will be posted by 4:30 UTC or as more information becomes available.
4. Oct 16, 2026, 04:34 UTC
   identified
   We are continuing to work on mitigation for the delays in Kafka cluster provisioning. Existing clusters continue to operate normally. Our next update will be posted by 5:30 UTC or as more information becomes available
5. Oct 16, 2026, 04:35 UTC
   identified
   We are continuing to work on mitigation for the delays in Kafka cluster provisioning. Existing clusters continue to operate normally. Our next update will be posted by 5:30 UTC or as more information becomes available
6. Oct 16, 2026, 05:30 UTC
   identified
   We are continuing to work on mitigation for the delays in Kafka cluster provisioning. Existing clusters continue to operate normally. Clusters provisioned during this window may take longer than usual to become available. Our next update will be posted by 6:30 UTC or as more information becomes available
7. Oct 16, 2026, 06:47 UTC
   monitoring
   We have mitigated the issue that was causing delays in Kafka cluster provisioning and we are now monitoring the health of new cluster provisioning. Existing clusters were not affected. We will post our next update by 07:30 UTC, or sooner if there is new information
8. Oct 16, 2026, 07:02 UTC
   monitoring
   We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
9. Oct 16, 2026, 08:23 UTC
   resolved
   This incident has been resolved.

Updates as published by Confluent Cloud (original).