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Sep 8, 15:22 UTC Resolved - Our Engineering team investigated reports of Droplets becoming unresponsive. This issue was found to be caused by guest-level kernel hangs, and affected Droplets required a power cycle to restore functionality.
Upon further investigation, this was identified to be an upstream kernel issue with Ubuntu 20.04 running kernel version 5.4.0-122-generic. This kernel version has exhibited stability problems that can lead to Droplets becoming unresponsive intermittently. Customers running Ubuntu 20.04 with kernel 5.4.0-122-generic are advised to upgrade to a newer kernel version using the commands below:
sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade linux-virtual
This problem is fixed with the newer kernel 5.4.0-123.139. The recommended option is to migrate to a more recent and fully supported OS version, such as Ubuntu 24.04, to ensure continued system stability and support. The affected customers can take the recommended steps above to avoid further impact.
We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Sep 8, 08:41 UTC Investigating - Our Engineering team is actively investigating an issue causing some Droplets to become unresponsive due to guest-level errors. Affected users may find that their Droplets intermittently hang, requiring a power cycle to restore access.
We've identified that this behavior is occurring on a subset of Droplets running Ubuntu 20.04. The standard support for Ubuntu 20.04 has ended, which may contribute to the observed behavior in certain configurations. We recommend affected customers consider updating their Droplets to a currently supported operating system, such as Ubuntu 24.04, to ensure continued stability and support.
We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we continue to investigate and work toward a resolution. We will share further updates as more information becomes available.
Sep 16, 17:39 UTC Resolved - Our Engineering team has confirmed that our upstream providers have been able to mitigate the network connectivity issues in the BLR1 and SGP1 regions.
At this time users should not experience intermittent degraded performance and timeout errors with Droplet-based services to and from these regions.
If you continue to experience problems, please open a ticket with our support team. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Sep 15, 16:59 UTC Update - Our Engineering team has observed significant improvements with the network latency and packet loss during peak hours today. This is a result of our upstream providers making some routing adjustments. We are carefully monitoring the network performance for the next 24 hours.
We will communicate any further relevant information as we have it. We apologize for the inconvenience in the meantime.
Sep 8, 22:29 UTC Update - Significant submarine cable outages continue to impact multiple network carriers on the Indian subcontinent, with increased latency and packet loss to our BLR1 region occurring sporadically throughout the day.
On a positive note, our upstream providers have worked diligently over the past couple of days to minimize the impact of the loss of submarine capacity. As a result, we are now mainly seeing service degradation during the busier evening peak hours only.
For the moment, we have no updates to provide regarding when the situation might improve. Repair times for submarine cables are typically on the order of weeks or months. However, further short-term improvements may still be possible as upstream carriers work to re-balance traffic where feasible.
Separately, we continue to look into potential avenues for additional mitigations and will keep our customers aprised as we make progress in this area.
We apologize for the ongoing inconvenience created by this extraordinary situation and thank our customers for their patience.
Sep 6, 23:02 UTC Monitoring - Our Engineering team confirms that multiple subsea cable cuts are impacting connectivity in the APAC region, which also affects traffic to Europe and the U.S. East Coast.
Traffic is being rerouted through alternate paths to maintain service continuity. As a result, users may experience higher latency and intermittent connectivity issues.
Our engineering team continues to monitor the situation closely and is working with upstream providers as repair efforts progress. We will share further updates as they become available.
We apologize for the disruption and appreciate your patience.
Sep 6, 18:49 UTC Update - We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
Sep 6, 18:44 UTC Update - Our Engineering team has implemented changes to optimize traffic routing in the BLR and SGP regions, addressing networking issues stemming from our upstream providers, which are affected by major submarine cable outages in the APAC region. Despite these adjustments, users may still encounter intermittent packet loss or connectivity issues when accessing resources in the affected areas. We are working with our upstream vendors to gain further insights and achieve a definitive resolution.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Sep 6, 16:48 UTC Identified - Our Engineering team has identified the cause of the issue impacting networking connectivity in BLR1 region to be with our upstream provider.
Our team is actively working on remediation steps. We will post an update as soon as we have more information.
Sep 6, 16:13 UTC Investigating - Our Engineering team is currently investigating an issue impacting networking in BLR1 region. Users may experience network connectivity loss to Droplets and Droplet-based services, like Managed Kubernetes and Database Clusters.
We apologize for the inconvenience and will share an update once we have more information.
Sep 5, 19:42 UTC Resolved - From 18:53 to 19:15 UTC, our Engineering team identified an issue with the public Droplet API, resulting in difficulties in creating, accessing and listing Droplets via the Cloud Control Panel or API. Autoscaler and LBaaS APIs were also affected. Our team has fully resolved the issues, and as of 19:15 UTC, all services are operating normally. We apologize for the inconvenience. If you are still experiencing any problems or have additional questions, then please open a support ticket within your account
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Sep 3, 11:30 UTC Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Sep 3, 07:30 UTC In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Sep 2, 22:10 UTC Scheduled - Start: 2025-09-03 07:30 UTC End: 2025-09-03 11:30 UTC
During the above window, our Engineering team will be performing maintenance on the Managed Databases API to enhance security, improve access control and enable better auditing and compliance. Please note that existing Databases and workloads will continue to run normally and will not be impacted.
Expected Impact:
We don’t anticipate any service disruptions during this window. Your existing databases and workloads will continue to run normally and will not be impacted.
In the event of an unexpected issue occurs, only control plane actions like provisioning new clusters, modifying configurations, and fetching database details will be impacted. The data-plane for connecting and running queries on your databases will be unaffected.
If an unexpected issue arises, we will endeavor to keep any impact to a minimum and may revert if required.
If you have any questions related to this event, please send us a ticket from your cloud support page. https://cloudsupport.digitalocean.com/s/createticket
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Mientras uno es utilizado como fuente de una hidroeléctrica nacional que genera energía mediante turbinas, el otro desarrolla velocidad gracias a la gravedad, bajando desde lo alto de la cordillera Central y bañando las tierras de la Feria de las Flores y del Café en Boquete, ampliamente conocida.
En ese peregrinar, a veces encontramos este último río tranquilo y meditabundo, pero en circunstancias impredecibles puede tornarse indomable, como cuando hace algunos años su caudal arrasó con todo a su paso, poniendo a prueba incluso a dos hoteles del distrito.
En esta historia se cruzan dos distritos de la provincia de Chiriquí: Gualaca y Boquete.
La hidroeléctrica Estí, ubicada a unos 400 kilómetros al oeste de la capital, utiliza los excedentes de proyectos como Chiriquí y Fortuna. El proyecto Fortuna aprovecha las aguas del río Chiriquí y posee una presa de almacenamiento tipo embalse con un área de drenaje de 166 km² y una capacidad instalada de 300 MW.
La central hidroeléctrica Estí cuenta con la presa Barrigón, que recibe los caudales desviados desde La Esperanza en el río Chiriquí y los propios de la quebrada Barrigón, con un área de drenaje de 703 km² y una capacidad instalada de 120 MW.
He llegado hasta aquí para subrayar lo que el distrito de Gualaca —olvidado en parte del progreso provincial y nacional— podría lograr si aprovecha la fuerza motora de sus aguas para atraer turismo. Allí no solo está la hidroeléctrica Estí, sino también los Cangilones, un sitio que es mucho más que un balneario: es un atractivo turístico desaprovechado por la falta de inversión privada y el escaso impulso del gobierno a través de la Autoridad de Turismo de Panamá (ATP).
En una visita reciente a Gualaca observé que el alumbrado público no llega hasta el Colegio Jesús María Pla, y que hay deficiencias tanto en la señalización vial como turística. Esto debería preocupar a las autoridades locales, que tienen la tarea de mejorar la infraestructura. A ambos lados de la vía, los herbazales altos aprisionan la entrada del pueblo.
De Boquete no hablaré, porque ya es conocido y se defiende solo.
Pero la carretera que une Caldera con Gualaca sí necesita mejoras: buena iluminación, señalización turística y de tránsito, además de hombros adecuados.
Gualaca posee un potencial turístico que hay que mirar con visión de futuro. Su fiesta de inicios de agosto debería recibir mayor promoción, lo que solo es posible si toda la comunidad se involucra.
El corregimiento de Hornito, con una altitud de 1,271 metros y unos 1,230 habitantes, merece un trato especial. Cerca se encuentran historias y paisajes agrestes, como la reserva forestal Fortuna con su hidroeléctrica, así como ríos y cascadas que aún esperan ser explorados.
El cerro Hornito, de 2,102 metros sobre el nivel del mar y con una estructura que recuerda la forma de un horno, es otro atractivo singular. Sus primeros pobladores llegaron desde Caldera y Paja de Sombrero, en busca de tierras para ampliar sus cultivos.
La cabecera del corregimiento, Valle de la Mina, recuerda que allí funcionó una mina de oro. También existe el sitio conocido como Lavadero, lo que añade interés histórico al lugar.
Gualaca, con sus escuelas, colegio, clubes cívicos, educadores y autoridades municipales, tiene un gran reto: crecer como distrito y conquistar el lugar que merece en la provincia. En buena hora, y que así sea.
Así lo establece una resolución de la entidad, publicada recientemente en la Gaceta Oficial.
Esta herramienta, utilizada por pequeños contribuyentes para emitir facturas electrónicas sin costo, solo podrá ser empleada por empresas que generen ingresos anuales de hasta 36,000 dólares.
Aquellas que superen esa cifra estarán obligadas a utilizar los servicios de un Proveedor Autorizado de Facturación Electrónica (PAC).
De no cumplir con lo dispuesto en la resolución, los contribuyentes podrían enfrentar sanciones.
Según la DGI, la medida busca optimizar el proceso de adopción del Sistema de Facturación Electrónica de Panamá.
Aug 29, 15:45 UTC Resolved - From 14:24 to 14:41 UTC, our Engineering team identified issues affecting Block Storage Volumes in the NYC1 region. During this time, users may have experienced difficulties processing requests on Volumes. It was observed that this might have impacted Kubernetes clusters in the NYC1 region as well. Our team has fully resolved the issues, and as of 14:42 UTC, all services are operating normally.
We apologize for the inconvenience. If you are still experiencing any problems or have additional questions, then please open a support ticket within your account
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