Upstash incident: Brief connection proxy degradation in us-east-1

1. resolvedSep 29, 2026, 15:12 UTC

   Between 15:12 and 15:16 UTC, we observed a brief increase in load on the connection proxy layer in us-east-1, which may have affected some existing and new connections. The team responded quickly and resolved the issue. All systems are now fully operational.

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