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🟠 Buildkite's pipeline machinery got sluggish across job dispatch, uploads, and webhooks. Turns out the problem was bigger than expected—scheduled builds also decided to take the scenic route. Engineers claim the fix is rolling out, which in status-page speak means 'we're throwing things at the wall.'. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)

⏰ Aug 03, 2026 Fixed (for now) spotted via status_rss

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// Status page says

Aug 3 , 05:22 UTC Update - We've identified that the impact is more widespread that we initially understood - scheduled builds as well as job dispatch. The fix that is rolling out now is expected to address all impact. Aug 3 , 05:17 UTC Identified - We're experiencing latency with processing job dispatch, pipeline uploads and incoming webhooks. We have identified t

🔗 Official status page (for the PR-approved version)

https://www.buildkitestatus.com/incidents/vtz6bhz26gj2

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