Degraded performance
Metadata endpoint slow to respond
Metadata reads took up to 4 seconds for 23 minutes.
- Status
- ResolvedResolved — last update 15 Oct 2026, 10:39 UTC
- Started
- 15 Oct, 10:16Thursday 15 October 2026 UTC
- Duration
- 23 minEnded 15 Oct 2026, 10:39 UTC
- Components
- 1Instance metadata service
Timeline
What we posted, as we posted it.
Resolved4 updates · UTC
- ResolvedThis incident has been resolved.15 Oct, 10:39
- MonitoringResponse times are normal since 10:31 UTC. We are monitoring.15 Oct, 10:31
- IdentifiedA logging change made the agent write synchronously to a saturated disk. The change has been reverted.15 Oct, 10:22
- InvestigatingThe instance metadata endpoint is slow (2 to 4 seconds instead of milliseconds). Notices are still published on time.15 Oct, 10:16
Affected components
- Instance metadata serviceControl planeOperational
Details
- Type
- Degraded performance
- Started
- 15 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC
- Ended
- 15 Oct 2026, 10:39 UTC
- Impact
- Metadata reads took up to 4 seconds for 23 minutes.
- Reference
- 9cde4054b299