Fly.io outage: API background job queue failure

1. resolvedSep 2, 2026, 07:44 UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

2. monitoringSep 2, 2026, 07:31 UTC

   A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

3. investigatingSep 2, 2026, 07:21 UTC

   We are investigating an issue with the background job runner for our API. Actions that require a background job, such as creating apps, assigning IP addresses, or creating/renewing certificates, may fail at this time.

What APIStatus.watch saw

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

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Fly.io reported 19 incidents in the last 90 days, 11 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 57 min. See Fly.io's uptime and incident history