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Clerk incident: GCP incident in us-central1-b

Clerk reported this minor-impact incident on its official status page on Sep 1, 2026, 15:48 UTC. It was resolved after 3h 26m.

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Sep 1, 2026, 15:48 UTC
started
Sep 1, 2026, 19:13 UTC
resolved
3h 26m
duration
Minor
impact
  1. resolvedSep 1, 2026, 19:13 UTC

    Latency and error rates have held steady since the last update. We will re-open if there is a resurgence in errors or latency.

  2. monitoringSep 1, 2026, 18:35 UTC

    latency metrics have returned to baseline, and we're seeing recovery in error rates. We are continuing to monitor for any signs of resurgence and will update accordingly.

  3. monitoringSep 1, 2026, 17:49 UTC

    We are noting recovery in the path between our services and the database provider, but latency and error rate are still elevated above baseline.

  4. monitoringSep 1, 2026, 17:30 UTC

    The path between our services and the database provider is currently impacted, leading to connection churn and elevated error rates.

  5. monitoringSep 1, 2026, 16:13 UTC

    Dashboard analytics have recovered and we're continuing to monitor for additional impact from the GCP incidents.

  6. monitoringSep 1, 2026, 15:48 UTC

    GCP has several incidents open in us-central1 currently. We are proactively monitoring impact to customer traffic and have so far noted impact to analytics and some of our metrics. We will update shortly with further information.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in Clerk's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.

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How often does Clerk have incidents?

Clerk reported 13 incidents in the last 90 days, 1 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 1h 2m. See Clerk's uptime and incident history

Clerk incident on Sep 1, 2026: GCP incident in us-central1-b · APIStatus.watch