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🟡 DigitalOcean's 'Downscale Anytime' feature decided 'anytime' means 'not this time.' Control Panel users are experiencing the dreaded UI ghost-mode while API users laugh from the sidelines. Engineering team is investigating why their own shrink button refuses to work. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)
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Droplet Resize
// Status page says
Jul 1 , 11:13 UTC Investigating - Our Engineering team is investigating an issue affecting Droplet resizes using the "Downscale Anytime" option. At this time users may find this option unavailable or unresponsive in the Cloud Control Panel. As a workaround, resizes can be performed via the API while we work to resolve this issue. We apologize for the inconvenience and will share an update once we have more info
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https://status.digitalocean.com/incidents/8mvnl6s4cmdtDigitalocean's Greatest Hits
🟢 DIGITALOCEAN
Oct 03, 2026
⚪ BLR1 region went full Sleeping Beauty from 11:59-13:02 UTC, ghosting Monitoring, App Platform, Databases, Functions, Load Balancers, Spaces, and the control panel. Users got the classic combo of latency, dropped connections, and errors—basically a networking horror movie where the power came back before anyone got to the climax. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)
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Sep 16, 2026
🟡 DigitalOcean's support portal decided to ghost users because some third-party vendor flipped the wrong switch. Can't submit tickets, can't get help—basically the digital equivalent of calling 911 and reaching a busy signal. Support team is probably on Slack wondering why their own tools don't work. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)
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Sep 09, 2026
🟡 DigitalOcean's Atlanta datacenter found out what happens when you skip the electrician's calls—GPU performance taking a sad nap while redundant power limps along. Your ML models are now running at 'laptop charger plugged into a gas station outlet' speeds. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)
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Aug 19, 2026
🔴 DigitalOcean's MKC1 decided to take an unscheduled sabbatical, taking GPU workloads, Serverless Inference, and Kubernetes nodes along for the ride. Engineering is frantically flipping switches and probably refreshing their monitoring dashboards like they're slot machines. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)