Elevated errors creating and connecting to browsers
Kernel reported elevated errors creating and connecting to browsers. Some browser creation requests failed with 529 capacity errors, and some new browsers rejected CDP connections. Kernel resolved the incident; it lasted about 29 minutes.
State
Resolved
Started
Lasted
29 min
Worst impact
Partial outage
Timeline
3 updatesIdentified
21 min 71%
Monitoring
8 min 29%
Updates
Times in UTCAs posted by Kernel
This incident is resolved. Browser creation and connections are healthy again as of 6:27pm PT. If a browser created between 5:44pm and 6:27pm PT still won't connect, delete it and create a new one.
As of 6:27pm PT, a fix has been deployed and browser creation and connections have recovered. Browsers created between 5:44pm and 6:27pm PT that won't connect should be deleted and recreated. We're monitoring.
Since 5:44pm PT (01:44 UTC), some requests to create a browser are failing with 529 capacity errors, and some newly created browsers are rejecting CDP connections. We've identified the cause and are rolling out a fix. If a browser created during this window won't connect, delete it and create a new one. We'll post another update once it's resolved.
Kernel in the last 90 days
Full historyIncidents in 90 days
8
Days with an incident
8
Median duration
45 min
This incident
35% shorter than the median
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