Daily Cloud Availability Digest — May 12, 2026

Today, May 12, 2026, saw a significant number of incidents affecting various cloud service providers, with 35 outages reported overall. Among these, notable incidents included simultaneous outages for Elastic and Elastic Cloud. The ongoing outage for Mojeek and M-Pesa has raised considerable concern, with both services experiencing severe uptime issues. As we explore today’s incidents, attention will be given to the higher severity disruptions, as they have impacted user experiences critically.

Significant Incidents

Elastic

• Outage Start: 2026-05-12
• Duration: 20 minutes
• Resolution: Resolved
• Details: An outage was detected at Elastic, which caused service interruptions. The issue was resolved fairly quickly, with two updates provided during this short downtime.

Elastic Cloud

• Outage Start: 2026-05-12
• Duration: 25 minutes
• Resolution: Resolved
• Details: Similar to Elastic, Elastic Cloud experienced a brief outage, causing disruptions to users. This was also managed efficiently, concluding with two updates released to inform users during the incident.

Penny

• Outage Start: 2026-05-12
• Duration: 30 minutes
• Resolution: Resolved
• Details: Penny fell victim to an outage impacting its services. The incident lasted for 30 minutes, effectively resolved, with updates provided to keep users informed.

Mojeek

• Outage Start: 2026-05-12
• Duration: Ongoing
• Resolution: Active
• Details: Mojeek is currently experiencing a critical outage. This issue is particularly concerning, given that it comes immediately after a lengthy disruption that began on May 11, affecting users significantly and resulting in only 6.12% uptime.

M-Pesa

• Outage Start: 2026-05-07
• Duration: Ongoing
• Resolution: Active
• Details: The ongoing outage for M-Pesa continues to be a critical issue, with zero uptime reported across 99 checks. This has raised major concerns, particularly since it is ongoing for several days now and has not shown any signs of resolution.

Other Notable Incidents

• Scrimba: Faced multiple incidents throughout the day with moments of degraded performance and outages, impacting service accessibility intermittently.
• Bandcamp, itch.io, Pythonanywhere, Nationalrail, and Circuitverse: Each experienced brief outages, all of which were resolved within 30 to 60 minutes, showcasing a relatively quick mitigation effort.

Availability Scores

The following table summarizes the availability scores for the past 24 hours, showcasing which providers experienced the most significant issues.

Looking Ahead

The events of today highlight significant issues, especially with ongoing outages that are yet to be resolved. Organizations relying on M-Pesa and Mojeek should remain vigilant and prepare for potential extended disruptions. Monitoring efforts will continue, and we urge all users to stay updated via our platform for the latest developments. Moving forward, the industry may see discussions around resilience and uptime strategies, prompted by today's incidents.