Spaces Access Keys and DigitalOcean Container Registry

lowDigitalOceanDec 15, 2025 16:190

networkstoragedatabaseauthentication

Database OverloadNetwork / RoutingAuthentication IssueStorage Failure

Summary

From 08:28 to 13:03 UTC, Our Engineering team observed an issue with Spaces Access keys for DOCR in AMS3 region. During this time, users encountered an error with "403 (InvalidAccessKeyId): The access key ID you provided does not exist in our records" while accessing spaces keys. Our team has fully resolved the issues as of 13:03 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

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Timeline

Dec 15, 2025 16:19

[resolved] From 08:28 to 13:03 UTC, Our Engineering team observed an issue with Spaces Access keys for DOCR in AMS3 region. During this time, users encountered an error with "403 (InvalidAccessKeyId): The access key ID you provided does not exist in our records" while accessing spaces keys. Our team has fully resolved the issues as of 13:03 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, storage, database, authentication have occurred 82 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: Database Overload, Network / Routing, Authentication Issue, Storage Failure. Consider implementing preventive measures specific to this failure category.