# Capella Operations Impacted by GCP capacity issues

- Provider: [Couchbase Capella](https://down.guide/couchbase)
- Level: confirmed
- Impact: Degraded
- lasted 0m
- started 2026-08-04 23:26 UTC
- Google Cloud Platform Google Compute Engine
- apac, asia-southeast1, us, us-central1
- id: DWN-3831e14cce
- Official page: https://status.couchbase.com/incident/cmtun7yf019ef0wpqenee3nne-mz5445ylrwkx

## Updates from Couchbase Capella
### 2026-08-04 23:26 UTC: resolved
Type: Incident
 Affected Components: Google Cloud Platform Google Compute Engine
 Aug 5, 19:21:39 GMT+0 - Resolved - Across us-central1, asia-southeast1, and us-east1 regions, we have verified that all Cluster lifecycle operations—including new cluster creations, turn-ons, and backups—are now functioning normally and completing successfully. Failure rates have returned to the standard baseline level. Aug 5, 19:13:57 GMT+0 - Monitoring - We are continuing to monitor for any further issues. Aug 5, 12:20:43 GMT+0 - Monitoring - We have seen signs of recovery and failure rates have drastically reduced. We continue to monitor the situation closely. Aug 5, 03:09:42 GMT+0 - Identified - The capacity issues impacting the GCP regions and resulting operational Cluster lifecycle operations, including new cluster creation, turn-on, and backup failures:
us-central1
asia-southeast1
us-east1
Recommended Workarounds:
\* New Deployments: Select an alternate GCP region for new cluster creation.
\* Existing Clusters: Avoid pausing, stopping, or modifying existing us-central1 clusters until GCP resolves the capacity constraint, as turning them back on or adding nodes may temporarily fail.
\* Backups: Support Team will perform cluster backups to continue to maintain backups.
We continue to work closely with the GCP team on mitigation. Aug 4, 23:39:57 GMT+0 - Identified - We are in direct contact with GCP support to monitor us-central1 and will provide another update as soon as capacity stabilizes.
Recommended Workarounds:
\* New Deployments: Select an alternate GCP region (such as us-east1, us-east4, or us-west1) for new cluster creation. 
\* Existing Clusters: Avoid pausing, stopping, or modifying existing us-central1 clusters until GCP resolves the capacity constraint, as turning them back on or adding nodes may temporarily fail. Aug 4, 23:26:34 GMT+0 - Investigating - GCP us-central1 capacity issue impacting Operational Cluster lifecycle operations, including new cluster creation, turn-on, and backup. Existing clusters are unaffected, and we are actively working with the GCP team on the next steps.

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