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Database load issues with control plane

Major outage Lasted 1h 16m · started · Braintrust's page

Level
confirmed
Worst impact
Major outage
Down Index
40of 100

What to do

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Updates from Braintrust 5

  1. investigating

    The control plane is experiencing very high load.

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  2. monitoring

    Error rates have recovered by database usage is still high.

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  3. monitoring

    Database size is being increased. This will cause a short outage.

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  4. monitoring

    DB upgrade complete. CPU usage appears to be at normal levels. Monitoring for now.

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  5. resolved

    Load issues have subsided

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Corrections

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Questions about DWN-d7e038f222

Is Braintrust still down?

No, this incident was resolved 2026-03-21 00:23 UTC. For Braintrust's live state, see https://down.guide/braintrust.

How long did it last?

1h 16m, from 2026-03-20 23:07 UTC to 2026-03-21 00:23 UTC, by the times Braintrust posted.

What caused it?

Braintrust hasn't published a root cause. If it does, it shows here.

Where does this come from?

Braintrust's official status page, https://status.braintrust.dev, quoted verbatim. down.guide's own probes, reports and social counts are labeled as ours.