PlanetScale outage: Dashboard and API 500 errors for postgres databases

1. resolvedSep 2, 2026, 16:44 UTC

   The incident has been resolved. Between 12:17 and 12:24 UTC, the dashboard and API were returning 500 errors for postgres database management pages and API endpoints.

2. monitoringSep 2, 2026, 16:34 UTC

   For postgres databases, API requests and the dashboard were returning 500 errors. We've deployed a fix.

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