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Oct 17, 06:01 UTC
Resolved - From 04:28 - 05:13 UTC, our Engineering team observed an intermittent issue with uploading Custom Images in LON1 region. During this time, users might have experienced an issue with uploading Custom Images and few Snapshot create failures.
Swift action was taken by our Engineering team to restore full functionality, and now everything is operating normally.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you have any questions or continue to experience issues, please reach out via a Support ticket on your account.

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Oct 15, 23:25 UTC
Resolved - After investigation, our Engineering team was able to determine that an internal-only issue was impacting MongoDB creation for DigitalOcean employees.
No customer impact occurred during the course of this incident.
We apologize for any confusion. If you are seeing any issues, please out to Support from within your account.
Oct 15, 22:54 UTC
Investigating - Our Engineering team is investigating an issue with MongoDB Managed Databases. At this time, users may experience errors while attempting to create MongoDB clusters in all regions.
We apologize for the inconvenience and will provide another update as soon as possible.
Oct 15, 18:44 UTC
Resolved - Our Engineering team has confirmed resolution of the issue impacting display of Spaces page in Cloud control panel.
From 17:35 UTC to 18:00 UTC, users were experiencing errors when accessing Spaces page in the Cloud Control Panel.
We apologize for the inconvenience. If you have any questions or continue to experience issues, please reach out via a Support ticket on your account.
Oct 15, 18:25 UTC
Monitoring - Our Engineering team has successfully deployed a fix for the display issue with Spaces Object Storage in the Cloud control panel. Some users may have experienced 400 errors or difficulties accessing the page when using Spaces through the Cloud Control Panel.
We are currently monitoring the situation and will post an update as soon as the issue is fully resolved.
Oct 15, 17:56 UTC
Identified - Our Engineering team has identified a display issues with Spaces Object Storage in the Cloud control panel and a fix is currently being deployed. During this time, some users may see 400 errors or be unable to access the page when accessing Spaces through the Cloud Control Panel.
We apologize for the inconvenience and will share an update once the fix has finished deploying.
Oct 15, 17:09 UTC
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Oct 15, 15:00 UTC
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Oct 14, 23:10 UTC
Scheduled - Start Time: October 15 15:00 UTC
End Time: October 15 18:00 UTC
During this time, our Engineering Team will be performing maintenance on an internal service, which necessitates a period of read-only access to that service.
Engineering teams have taken steps to ensure their services do not experience downtime during the read-only period. Due to dependencies on this internal service, there is a possibility that some customer-facing services may experience minor disruptions, particularly while using Marketplace Add Ons or processing App Platform builds (small delays).
Existing infrastructure will continue running without issue and no public or private networking disruption will occur.
If other customer-facing services experience any disruption, we will update this post.
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to the Support team from within your account.

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Oct 15, 21:00 UTC
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Oct 15, 20:00 UTC
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Oct 13, 20:17 UTC
Scheduled - During the above window, our Engineering team will be performing maintenance on principal infrastructure in order to improve reliability of the services. Please note that existing infrastructure will continue running without issue. This maintenance may impact create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations in all regions.
Expected Impact:
During the maintenance window, users may experience increased latency for the following platform operations:
Cloud Control Panel and API operations
Event processing
Droplet creates, resizes, rebuilds, and power events
Managed Kubernetes reconciliation and scaling
Load Balancer operations
Container Registry operations
App Platform operations
Managed Database creation and scaling
We do not expect any impact to customer traffic due to this maintenance. If an unexpected issue arises, we will endeavor to keep any impact to minimum and may revert if required.
If you have any questions related to this issue please send us a ticket from your cloud support page. https://cloudsupport.digitalocean.com/s/createticket
Oct 11, 15:50 UTC
Resolved - From 23:00 UTC on October 10th until 13:28 UTC on October 11th, users may have encountered intermittent errors when accessing Spaces endpoints or using the Container Registry in the SYD1 region. Our Engineering team has successfully resolved the issue affecting the functionality of Spaces and the Container Registry.
All services have been fully restored and are now functioning normally. If you continue to experience any problems, please open a ticket with our support team. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Oct 11, 14:10 UTC
Monitoring - Our Engineering team has implemented a fix to resolve the issue with Spaces and the Container Registry in the SYD1 region and is monitoring the situation closely. All services have been restored and are functioning as expected. We will post an update as soon as the issue is fully resolved.
Oct 11, 13:18 UTC
Investigating - Our Engineering team is currently investigating an issue with Spaces and the Container Registry in the SYD1 region. During this time, users may experience intermittent errors when accessing Spaces endpoints or interacting with the Container Registry. We apologize for the inconvenience and will provide an update as soon as we have more information.

Visitar El Valle de Antón, en la provincia de Coclé, es adentrarse en un paraíso de paisajes impresionantes, calles repletas de flores y colores, un clima fresco, y montañas exuberantes. Su atmósfera templada lo convierte en el destino ideal para relajarse, caminar, andar en bicicleta, y explorar la naturaleza.
Ubicado en el cráter de un volcán extinto, El Valle será el escenario del Festival de la Lluvia 2024, un evento que fusiona arte, cultura, turismo y folclore. Esta primera edición, que se celebrará del 10 al 13 de octubre, es una iniciativa conjunta entre la Cámara de Turismo de El Valle de Antón, la Cámara de Comercio, la sociedad civil, la Junta Comunal y la Secretaría de Turismo del Municipio de Antón.

La idea detrás del Festival de la Lluvia surge como una estrategia para resaltar destinos turísticos que suelen ser menos visitados durante la temporada de lluvias. “Vivimos en un país donde convivimos con la lluvia durante 8 meses del año, y en este último año hemos visto la importancia que tiene para nosotros. Lejos de verla como algo negativo, la lluvia es una bendición”, destaca Rolando Domingo, productor ejecutivo del evento.
Domingo subraya que el objetivo es promover una “temporada verde” que invite tanto a visitantes locales como internacionales a disfrutar de la flora, fauna, cascadas y paisajes que solo se aprecian en esta época.

El Valle de Antón, conocido por su mercado artesanal, cascadas y senderos, será el escenario perfecto para explorar en profundidad durante el festival.
La programación comienza el jueves 10 de octubre en la Casa Comunal de El Valle, con un taller de pintura dirigido por el artista Eduardo Navarro. En el evento, titulado “Un mural para mi comunidad”, participarán niños de primero a tercer grado del centro educativo El Valle.
El viernes 11 de octubre, a partir de las 6:00 p.m., se llevará a cabo un paseo nocturno en bicicleta que partirá de la Plaza Paseo El Valle. El sábado 12 de octubre, a las 7:00 a.m., los visitantes podrán disfrutar de una sesión de yoga y respiración al aire libre.

Además, el festival contará con una proyección de cine al aire libre, donde se presentará la película Despierta Mamá, dirigida por la cineasta panameña Arianne Benedetti. Se espera la participación de miembros del equipo de producción y actores que estuvieron en el rodaje, el cual tuvo lugar en El Valle.
La música también será protagonista con el Rock & Rain Music Fest, que incluirá una activación cultural del “Toro Guapo” con un conjunto juvenil de tambores, presentaciones de Flamenco Rock, Carlos Vallarino, Xantos Jorge, y la banda internacional Making Movies.
Después de las actividades del festival, los restaurantes de El Valle ofrecerán menús especiales y música en vivo en honor al evento. Además, los prestadores de servicios turísticos, como guías, hoteles y centros de interpretación, están preparados para recibir a los visitantes del Festival de la Lluvia 2024.

Domingo concluye: “Esperamos que este festival pueda replicarse en al menos tres municipios más antes de que termine el año, con el fin de impulsar este producto turístico y promover la ‘temporada verde’ en Panamá”.
Para más información, se puede visitar el sitio web del festival: rockandrainpty.com.

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Oct 11, 05:00 UTC
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Oct 10, 19:00 UTC
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Oct 8, 15:27 UTC
Scheduled - Start: 2024-10-10 19:00 UTC
End: 2024-10-11 05:00 UTC
Hello,
During the above window, our Engineering team will be performing maintenance on redundant upstream electrical systems in order to improve reliability in our AMS3 region.
Expected Impact:
Power systems are redundant and we don’t expect to see any downtime, however, in the very unlikely situation that we lose power to both supplies, users may experience disruption with the following services or for a brief period:
Networking
Backups
Snapshots
Droplet create & restore operations
We will endeavor to keep any downtime to a minimum for the duration of the change.
If you have any questions related to this issue please send us a ticket from your cloud support page. https://cloudsupport.digitalocean.com/s/createticket
Thank you,
Team DigitalOcean