MongoDB Cluster Creation

lowDigitalOceanFeb 12, 2026 05:42Duration: 6h 24m

networkdnsdatabase

DNS FailureDatabase OverloadNetwork / Routing

Summary

Our Engineering team has confirmed the full resolution of the issue with MongoDB Clusters. Thank you for your patience, and we apologize for any inconvenience. If you continue to experience any issues, please open a Support ticket right away.

Impact

minor

Timeline

Feb 12, 2026 05:42

[investigating] Our Engineering team is investigating an issue with all events for MongoDB clusters in all of our regions. During this time, users may face issues with creation, fork and resize operations in the MongoDB clusters. We apologize for the inconvenience and will share an update once we have more information.

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+1h 52m

Feb 12, 2026 07:34

[investigating] Our engineering team continues to investigate the issue with create, fork and resize events failure for MongoDB clusters in all of our regions. We appreciate your patience and will post an update as soon as additional information is available.

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+1h 30m

Feb 12, 2026 09:04

[identified] Our engineering team has identified the cause of the issue with create, fork and resize events failure for MongoDB clusters in all of our regions and is actively working on a fix. We will post an update as soon as additional information is available.

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+46m

Feb 12, 2026 09:50

[monitoring] Our Engineering team has implemented a fix to resolve the issue with MongoDB clusters and at this time, services should be functioning as expected. We're monitoring the situation and will post a final update once we confirm this is fully resolved.

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+2h 17m

Feb 12, 2026 12:06

[resolved] Our Engineering team has confirmed the full resolution of the issue with MongoDB Clusters. Thank you for your patience, and we apologize for any inconvenience. If you continue to experience any issues, please open a Support ticket right away.

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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, dns, database have occurred 62 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: DNS Failure, Database Overload, Network / Routing. Consider implementing preventive measures specific to this failure category.