Grafana Cloud incident: Increased Execution Time for Browser Checks in Synthetic Monitoring

Affected components

• AWS Australia - prod-au-southeast-1: Public Probes
• AWS Brazil - prod-sa-east-1: Public Probes
• AWS Canada - prod-ca-east-0: Public Probes
• AWS Germany - prod-eu-west-2: Public Probes
• AWS India - prod-ap-south-1: Public Probes
• AWS Indonesia - prod-ap-southeast-2: Public Probes
• AWS Ireland - prod-eu-west-6: Public Probes
• AWS Japan - prod-ap-northeast-0: Public Probes
• AWS Singapore - prod-ap-southeast-1: Public Probes
• AWS Sweden - prod-eu-north-0: Public Probes
• AWS Switzerland - prod-eu-central-0: Public Probes
• AWS UAE - prod-me-central-1: Public Probes
• AWS UK - prod-gb-south-1: Public Probes
• AWS US East - prod-us-east-0: Public Probes
• AWS US East - prod-us-east-3: Public Probes
• AWS US West - prod-us-west-0: Public Probes
• Azure Netherlands - prod-eu-west-3: Public Probes
• Azure US Central - prod-us-central2: Public Probes
• Azure US Central - prod-us-central7: Public Probes
• GCP Australia - prod-au-southeast-0: Public Probes
• GCP Belgium - prod-eu-west-0: Public Probes
• GCP Brazil - prod-sa-east-0: Public Probes
• GCP India - prod-ap-south-0: Public Probes
• GCP Saudi Arabia - prod-me-central-0: Public Probes
• GCP Singapore - prod-ap-southeast-0: Public Probes

1. resolvedSep 15, 2026, 11:17 UTC

   Between September 9 and September 15, 2026, some browser checks in Synthetic Monitoring experienced longer than usual execution times, with impact varying by location. This has been resolved and check execution times have returned to baseline. Thank you for your patience.

2. monitoringSep 15, 2026, 10:58 UTC

   A fix has been deployed and CPU throttling is returning to normal. Check execution times should return to baseline shortly. We will continue monitoring recovery. Next update by 11:56 UTC.

3. identifiedSep 15, 2026, 10:51 UTC

   A fix has been merged and is now being rolled out across affected locations. We are monitoring deployment progress. Next update by 11:49 UTC.

4. identifiedSep 15, 2026, 10:00 UTC

   Since September 9, 2026, some browser checks in Synthetic Monitoring may take longer to complete than usual, with impact varying by location. We have identified the cause and are actively working on a fix. Next update by 10:49 UTC.

What APIStatus.watch saw

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

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