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🟡 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)
// The official story
Support Portal Service Disruption
// Status page says
Sep 16 , 09:48 UTC Investigating - Our Support Portal is currently experiencing issues due to a third-party service disruption impacting our systems. During this time, customers may be unable to access the Support Portal or create new support tickets for their concerns. Existing support requests may also experience delayed responses from our Support team. As a workaround if you're unable to access the Support Portal or nee
🔗 Official status page (for the PR-approved version)
https://status.digitalocean.com/incidents/grb2v0td1nq5Digitalocean'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 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)
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Jul 23, 2026
🟡 DigitalOcean's Serverless Inference is serving nothing but HTTP 500s from the llama model. Turns out even AI gets the zoomies and decides not to show up for work. Engineers are frantically whispering to the model about deadlines. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)