Ubuntu/Debian Package Mirror Failure

lowDigitalOceanMar 9, 2026 19:230

network

Network / Routing

Summary

From 17:50 to 19:06 UTC, Our Engineering team observed an issue with mirrors.digitalocean.com. During this time, users may have experienced errors when trying to update packages on Debian and Ubuntu Images. Our team has fully resolved the issues as of 19:06 UTC. If you continue to experience problems, please open a ticket with our support team from within your Cloud Control Panel. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Impact

none

Timeline

Mar 9, 2026 19:23

[resolved] From 17:50 to 19:06 UTC, Our Engineering team observed an issue with mirrors.digitalocean.com. During this time, users may have experienced errors when trying to update packages on Debian and Ubuntu Images. Our team has fully resolved the issues as of 19:06 UTC. If you continue to experience problems, please open a ticket with our support team from within your Cloud Control Panel. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

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Lessons Learned

⚠DigitalOcean has experienced 46 incidents in the past year. This frequency suggests systemic reliability challenges that may warrant additional monitoring.

📊Incidents related to network have occurred 48 times across all providers in the past year. This is one of the most common failure categories in cloud infrastructure.

💡This incident is categorized as: Network / Routing. Consider implementing preventive measures specific to this failure category.