Grafana outage on May 3 — 6h 2m disruption
May 3, 02:31 PM → May 3, 08:33 PM · 6h 2m · high
On May 3, 2026, the Grafana service experienced a high-severity outage, which was detected through user reports. The disruption began at approximately 14:31 UTC. Service functionality was fully restored by 20:33 UTC on the same day.
Impact
Users reported a high-severity disruption to the Grafana service. A total of 221 reports were received during the incident, with a peak of 12 reports in a 15-minute period. The primary issues reported by users included slow or unresponsive service, accounting for 212 reports, and API-related problems, with 9 reports. No specific regional impact was recorded during this period.
Top reported issues
- Slow / unresponsive212
- API issues9
Incident timeline
- May 3, 02:31 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 3, 02:52 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 02:57 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 03:07 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 03:12 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 03:22 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 03:27 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 03:37 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 03:42 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 03:52 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 03:57 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 04:08 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 04:13 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 04:27 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 04:37 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 04:42 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 04:52 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 04:57 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 05:07 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 05:12 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 05:22 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 05:27 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 05:30 PM
Peak of 12 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.3)
- May 3, 05:37 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 05:42 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 05:52 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 05:57 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 06:07 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 06:12 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 06:22 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 06:27 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 06:37 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 06:42 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 06:52 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 06:57 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 07:07 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 07:12 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 07:22 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 07:27 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 07:37 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 07:42 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 07:52 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 07:57 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 08:07 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 08:12 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 08:22 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 08:27 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 08:33 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 3, 02:31 PM
Grafana status page acknowledged the incident.
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