HTTP 522 Error on App Platform

lowDigitalOceanMar 6, 2026 21:220

networkauthentication

Network / RoutingAuthentication Issue

Summary

Our Engineering team identified an issue affecting the App Platform. During the incident, users may have experienced HTTP 522 (Connection Timed Out) errors when accessing their apps. The issue seems to be resolved now. We apologize for the inconvenience caused. If you continue to experience any related errors, please contact our Support team by opening a ticket at https://www.digitalocean.com/support/contact/.

Impact

none

Timeline

Mar 6, 2026 21:22

[resolved] Our Engineering team identified an issue affecting the App Platform. During the incident, users may have experienced HTTP 522 (Connection Timed Out) errors when accessing their apps. The issue seems to be resolved now. We apologize for the inconvenience caused. If you continue to experience any related errors, please contact our Support team by opening a ticket at https://www.digitalocean.com/support/contact/.

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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, authentication have occurred 73 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, Authentication Issue. Consider implementing preventive measures specific to this failure category.