DigitalOcean outage: Kubernetes Cluster Management Operations

Affected components

• Global

1. resolvedOct 28, 2026, 01:55 UTC

   We have resolved the issue affecting Managed Kubernetes cluster operations across all regions. Cluster creation, deletion, scaling, and upgrade operations have returned to normal. We have monitored the environment and confirmed that services are operating normally. If you continue to experience any issues, please contact our Support team by opening a ticket here: https://cloudsupport.digitalocean.com/s/

2. monitoringOct 28, 2026, 01:34 UTC

   Our Engineering team has implemented a fix for the issue affecting Managed Kubernetes cluster operations across all regions. Customers should now be able to create, delete, scale, and upgrade their clusters as expected. We are monitoring the situation to ensure all cluster management operations are functioning normally and the service remains stable. We will post another update once we confirm the issue is fully resolved.

3. investigatingOct 28, 2026, 00:01 UTC

   Our Engineering team continues to investigate an issue affecting Managed Kubernetes cluster operations. Customers may still experience delays or failures when creating, deleting, scaling, or upgrading clusters, across all regions. Existing workloads running on Managed Kubernetes are not affected and will continue to operate normally. We have no new information to share at this time. Our Engineering team is actively working on this issue and treating it with the highest priority. We will provide another update within the next hour, or sooner if more information becomes available.

4. investigatingOct 27, 2026, 22:14 UTC

   Our Engineering team is currently investigating an issue affecting Managed Kubernetes cluster operations. During this time, Customers may experience delays or failures when attempting to create, delete, scale, or upgrade clusters, as well as with other management tasks. Existing workloads running on Managed Kubernetes are not affected and will continue to operate normally. Our Engineering team is actively investigating and treating this with the highest priority. We will provide another update as soon as more information becomes available.

What APIStatus.watch saw

• Oct 27, 2026, 22:19 UTCoperational → degraded
• Oct 28, 2026, 01:59 UTCdegraded → operational

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