Major incident

Kinsta: Service disruption at the Northern Virginia (Ashburn) data center

Affected: Ashburn, Virginia, US data centers

Current status of Kinsta: Minor issues — live Kinsta status

Timeline

1. Aug 17, 2026, 21:09 UTC
   investigating
   Our Engineers are investigating reports of a service disruption affecting sites in the Northern Virginia (Ashburn) data center. We are working to restore service to affected sites as quickly as possible.
2. Aug 17, 2026, 22:16 UTC
   investigating
   We are actively investigating this issue and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience it may cause.
3. Aug 18, 2026, 00:17 UTC
   identified
   Our Systems Engineering team is currently working on a solution for this issue. We will provide updates as soon as they are available.
4. Aug 18, 2026, 00:37 UTC
   monitoring
   A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
5. Aug 18, 2026, 01:32 UTC
   identified
   We are currently investigating an issue causing some sites to return 520 errors. Our Engineering team has identified the cause and is working on fixing the affected sites. We will provide updates as we continue to work on the issue.
6. Aug 18, 2026, 01:52 UTC
   monitoring
   The issue causing some sites to return 520 errors has been fixed. Our Engineering team is continuing to monitor the affected sites to make sure everything remains stable.
7. Aug 18, 2026, 02:39 UTC
   resolved
   This incident has been resolved.

Updates as published by Kinsta (original).