# Some queries timing out

- Provider: [PostHog](https://down.guide/providers/posthog)
- Confidence: Confirmed
- Impact: Partial outage
- lasted 5h 32m
- started 2026-11-10 00:19 UTC
- id: DWN-f964c9860b
- Official page: https://www.posthogstatus.com//incidents/01M71D6E8PKCHHAN3R5EC71NYW

## Summary
PostHog says some queries are timing out at a higher rate than usual. Engineers have identified the probable cause and are preparing a fix to be merged and deployed. As of its 01:45 UTC update, timeouts were still slightly above the usual rate.

_Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from PostHog's own updates._

## Updates from PostHog
### 2026-11-10 00:19 UTC: update
Status: Investigating 
We're seeing queries timing out at a higher rate than usual.
Engineers are currently investigating.

### 2026-11-10 00:55 UTC: update
Status: Investigating 
The rate of errors has fallen back into the normal range.
Engineers are still investigating the cause.

### 2026-11-10 01:45 UTC: update
Status: Identified 
Engineers have identified the probable cause, and are working on deploying a fix.
We're still seeing a query timeouts at a bit more than the usual rate.

### 2026-11-10 02:33 UTC: update
Status: Identified 
Engineers are working on preparing the fix to be merged and deployed.

### 2026-11-10 05:52 UTC: resolved
Status: Resolved 
The fix returned error rates to normal by 06:00 UTC, and we’ve seen no more spikes since then.
Sorry for the hiccups, thanks for your patience.

### 2026-11-10 15:55 UTC: resolved
Status: Resolved 
The fix returned error rates to normal by 06:00 UTC, and we’ve seen no more spikes since then.
Sorry for the hiccups, thanks for your patience.

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