Brief packet loss on Layer7 Handler #3
Handler #3 shed connections for 42 minutes during a kernel roll. Failover inside the Layer7 pool kept most tests running.
- Affected
- Layer7 Handler #3
- Started
- Sep 26, 2026, 3:06 AM UTC
- Resolved
- Sep 26, 2026, 3:48 AM UTC
- Duration
- 42 min
Response time
Peak 118 ms
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Error rate
Peak 7.2 %
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Forwarded capacity
Peak 35 Gbps
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Timeline
-
Investigating
Connection resets clustered on Handler #3 after a scheduled kernel update.
-
Mitigating
The remaining handlers took overflow. The region finished rebooting in smaller batches.
-
Resolved
Pool stable. Kernel rollouts now drain a handler before reboot.