Zendesk Service Incident on August 7, 2024
What happened during the Zendesk service incident on August 7, 2024?
On August 7, 2024, Zendesk experienced a service incident affecting ticket views. From 20:48 UTC to 23:27 UTC, customers across all Pods faced issues such as solved tickets not disappearing, slow updates, and incorrect ticket numbers displaying. The problem was resolved after engineers made necessary changes and monitored the system for stability.
The incident was caused by a process breakdown during a blue/green cluster switch, leading to configuration errors. The engineering team manually scaled up indexers and corrected the configuration to resolve the issue. For more details, you can check theoriginal link.
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What was the root cause of the Zendesk ticket views issue on August 7, 2024?
The root cause of the ticket views issue on August 7, 2024, was a process breakdown during a blue/green cluster switch. This led to an incomplete deployment, causing configuration errors in the production Pods. To resolve the issue, the engineering…
How did Zendesk resolve the ticket views issue on August 7, 2024?
Zendesk resolved the ticket views issue by manually scaling up the indexers on the active cluster to handle the accumulated ticket updates. The engineering team then resumed the cluster-switch procedure with the correct configuration. This approach…
What steps is Zendesk taking to prevent future ticket view issues?
To prevent future ticket view issues, Zendesk plans to review the cluster switch process to ensure thorough post-deployment checks. This will help prevent incomplete deployments from going unnoticed. Additionally, Zendesk aims to develop automation…
Where can I find more information about Zendesk service incidents?
For more information about Zendesk service incidents, you can check the system status page, which provides current system status updates. The summary of post-mortem investigations is usually posted a few days after an incident has ended. If you…
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