Delays in Guarded Rollouts, Progressive Rollouts, Release Pipelines, and Experimentation

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded, from the official status page.

1. Identified

   21 days ago

   LaunchDarkly

   Some automatic changes in LaunchDarkly are being applied later than expected. This affects stage transitions for guarded and progressive rollouts, release pipeline phase progression, and multi-armed bandit traffic reallocations. Delays began at approximately 4:15 PM PT on October 2 2026. In-progress rollouts and experiments remain at their current stage and traffic allocation; nothing has been advanced, reverted, or stopped incorrectly. No data is lost. Delayed changes remain queued and will take effect once processing catches up.

2. Monitoring

   21 days ago

   LaunchDarkly

   The backlog of delayed changes has been fully processed as of 1:45 AM PT on October 3. All changes that were delayed during the incident have been applied. No data was lost. We are continuing to monitor.

3. Resolved

   21 days ago

   LaunchDarkly

   This incident has been resolved.