Spaces Cold Storage Billing

lowDigitalOceanAug 4, 2026 16:13Duration: 5h 29m
networkstorage
Network / RoutingStorage Failure

Summary

As of 21:06 UTC, our Engineering team has resolved the issue affecting Spaces Cold Storage billing. An error in our billing processing system caused incorrect values to be reflected in daily usage and current invoices for customers with cold storage buckets. Our team identified and corrected an issue with the billing data sync, ensuring accurate usage reporting. If you continue to experience any issues, please open a ticket with our Support team. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have

Impact

minor

Timeline

Aug 4, 2026 16:13

[investigating] Our Engineering team is investigating an issue affecting Spaces Cold Storage billing. During this time, customers with cold storage buckets may see incorrect values reflected in their daily usage and current invoices. We apologize for the inconvenience and are actively working to resolve the issue. We will provide an update as soon as more information becomes available.

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+2h 39m
Aug 4, 2026 18:52

[identified] Our Engineering team has identified the issue affecting Spaces Cold Storage billing. The team is actively working on a fix to resolve the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience and will provide another update as soon as more information becomes available.

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+1h 52m
Aug 4, 2026 20:44

[monitoring] Our Engineering team has implemented a fix for the issue affecting Spaces Cold Storage billing and is currently monitoring the situation. Customers with cold storage buckets should no longer see incorrect values reflected in their daily usage and current invoices. We will post an update as soon as the issue is fully resolved.

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+58m
Aug 4, 2026 21:42

[resolved] As of 21:06 UTC, our Engineering team has resolved the issue affecting Spaces Cold Storage billing. An error in our billing processing system caused incorrect values to be reflected in daily usage and current invoices for customers with cold storage buckets. Our team identified and corrected an issue with the billing data sync, ensuring accurate usage reporting. If you continue to experience any issues, please open a ticket with our Support team. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

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Lessons Learned

DigitalOcean has experienced 109 incidents in the past year. This frequency suggests systemic reliability challenges that may warrant additional monitoring.

📊Incidents related to network, storage have occurred 251 times across all providers in the past year. This is one of the most common failure categories in cloud infrastructure.

💡This incident is categorized as: Network / Routing, Storage Failure. Consider implementing preventive measures specific to this failure category.