# Elevated Error Rates in AWS me-central-1 region

- Provider: [Confluent Cloud](https://down.guide/confluent)
- Level: confirmed
- Impact: Partial outage
- lasted 3h 57m
- started 2026-03-01 18:08 UTC
- Confluent Cloud
- me-central-1
- id: DWN-c1604a599a
- Official page: https://stspg.io/zhr406mnzqqp

## Updates from Confluent Cloud
### 2026-03-01 18:08 UTC: investigating
We are experiencing increased error rates in some of our Confluent Cloud services in the AWS me-central-1 region. This began at approximately 12:51 PM UTC today and is linked to a disruption in one of AWS’s availability zones (mec1-az2). Our team is actively applying mitigation steps and will provide updates as the situation evolves.

### 2026-03-01 18:48 UTC: identified
We have identified the cause of the problem to be disruption in one of AWS’s availability zones (mec1-az2). We are taking steps to confirm the safest path to mitigation for any impacted Confluent Cloud services in this region.

### 2026-03-01 21:41 UTC: monitoring
The problem has been mitigated as of 21:15 PM UTC today. All Confluent Cloud services are now healthy in me-central-1 region and we will monitor for any residual issues before resolving this incident in 1 hour.

### 2026-03-01 22:05 UTC: resolved
This incident has been resolved. All Confluent Cloud services are now healthy in me-central-1 region.

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