# Issues with spin up node in google asia-southeast1 region

- Provider: [Aiven](https://down.guide/aiven)
- Level: confirmed
- Impact: Partial outage
- lasted 4d 14h
- started 2026-10-12 00:04 UTC
- apac, asia-southeast1
- id: DWN-48d197f2a1
- Official page: https://status.aiven.io/incidents/01M4PPT6YS34AQV0SQZCTAZYN3

## Root cause
> This is due to an upstream cloud provider issue that we are working on.

Category: Upstream dependency. [Postmortem](https://status.aiven.io/incidents/01M4PPT6YS34AQV0SQZCTAZYN3)

## Updates from Aiven
### 2026-10-12 00:04 UTC: investigating
We have issues in the google asia-southeast1 region where we cannot spin up nodes. This is due to an upstream cloud provider issue that we are working on. We are currently investigating and will update further details in the next 30 minutes.

### 2026-10-12 03:09 UTC: investigating
We are investigating an issue preventing node creation in asia-southeast1. The issue is only affecting some users. Engineering is actively engaged with GCP support. Next update in 30 minutes.

### 2026-10-16 05:04 UTC: identified
We have identified the root cause of the issue preventing node creation in asia-southeast1. Our team is working with GCP to implement a fix. We will provide another update as soon as more information becomes available.

### 2026-10-16 14:38 UTC: resolved
We have resolved the underlying cause of this issue in Google's asia-southest1 region.
Should any further issues be encountered, please reach out to support via the Aiven console.
We apologise for the inconvenience caused by this issue.

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