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Affected services

NYC3

Updates (3)

May 20, 2026, 05:13 AM
Block Storage Volume Performance
From 00:00 UTC to 01:40 UTC, users may have experienced degraded write performance and intermittent impacts to workloads dependent on Block Storage Volumes in the NYC3 region. Our Engineering team has confirmed that the underlying infrastructure issue affecting Block Storage Volumes at the storage layer has been fully resolved, and services are now operating normally. If you continue to experience any issues, please contact our Support team by opening a ticket. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
DigitalOcean ↗
May 20, 2026, 02:19 AM
Block Storage Volume Performance
Our Engineering team has implemented mitigation measures for the infrastructure issue affecting Block Storage Volumes in the NYC3 region. The team is monitoring the situation, and we will share another update once the issue is fully resolved
DigitalOcean ↗
May 20, 2026, 01:05 AM
Block Storage Volume Performance
Our Engineering team is currently investigating an ongoing infrastructure issue in the NYC3 region affecting Block Storage Volumes at the storage layer. Users may experience degraded write performance and intermittent impact to services dependent on the affected storage infrastructure. We apologize for the inconvenience and will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.
DigitalOcean ↗

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