# AWS Cluster DNS Changes Degraded Performance

- Provider: [MongoDB Atlas](https://down.guide/mongodb-atlas)
- Level: confirmed
- Impact: Partial outage
- lasted 6h 58m
- started 2026-05-07 15:17 UTC
- MongoDB Atlas for Government
- id: DWN-8c6a69fefd
- Official page: https://stspg.io/ryk5cwxqt8h4

## Updates from MongoDB Atlas
### 2026-05-07 15:17 UTC: identified
DNS changes for AWS clusters are currently degraded. We've identified the issue and are pushing out a patch.

### 2026-05-07 15:20 UTC: identified
DNS changes for AWS clusters are currently degraded. Cluster topology modifications may be delayed or not able to complete successfully. We've identified the issue and are pushing out a patch.

### 2026-05-07 16:58 UTC: identified
Mitigation is in progress; recovery for DNS operations and downstream cluster topology changes has begun.

### 2026-05-07 17:50 UTC: investigating
We are still seeing cases where new cluster update requests are failing to go through due to ACME related DNS issues. We are actively investigating this issue.

### 2026-05-07 19:47 UTC: monitoring
We've identified a bad piece of metadata causing DNS issues. We've since patched this metadata and are seeing recovery in ACME updates for cluster topology changes. We will continue to monitor recovery.

### 2026-05-07 19:47 UTC: monitoring
We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

### 2026-05-07 22:15 UTC: resolved
DNS updates for ACME are confirmed healthy. Cluster updates are now proceeding as expected.

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