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Render outage: HA Postgres Unavailability

Render reported this major-impact incident on its official status page on May 7, 2026, 02:00 UTC. It was resolved after 54 min.

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May 7, 2026, 02:00 UTC
started
May 7, 2026, 02:54 UTC
resolved
54 min
duration
Major
impact

Affected components

  • PostgreSQL
  • Workflows
  1. resolvedMay 7, 2026, 02:54 UTC

    Everything is back to normal, and the incident is now resolved. We are planning long-term mitigations to prevent this issue from recurring, and we will share the results of our investigation with all affected customers.

  2. identifiedMay 7, 2026, 02:47 UTC

    All affected instances are back online, though a few databases may still show a stale 'Unready' status. We are working to refresh the status.

  3. identifiedMay 7, 2026, 02:38 UTC

    We're continuing to see instance recovery across the fleet. Render Workflows is now fully operational.

  4. identifiedMay 7, 2026, 02:34 UTC

    We're bringing the affected Postgres instances back online and expect full recovery within fifteen minutes.

  5. identifiedMay 7, 2026, 02:21 UTC

    We've identified the issue and are implementing a fix.

  6. investigatingMay 7, 2026, 02:07 UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  7. investigatingMay 7, 2026, 02:01 UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  8. investigatingMay 7, 2026, 02:00 UTC

    We're investigating reports of Postgres unavailability in multiple regions. At this point we believe this only impacts databases with HA turned on.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in Render'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 Render have incidents?

Render reported 16 incidents in the last 90 days, 10 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 1h 31m. See Render's uptime and incident history

Render outage on May 7, 2026: HA Postgres Unavailability · APIStatus.watch