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Fly.io is down: MPG creation is failing in GRU due to lack of capacity. Immediate workarounds for indie hackers.

BREAKING: Fly.io GRU Region Down — MPG Creation Failing

Status: MONITORING | Severity: MAJOR | Last Updated: NOW

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What's Down & Who's Affected

Fly.io's GRU region (São Paulo, Brazil) is currently experiencing critical capacity issues. Machine provisioning is failing — you cannot create new Machines or Machine Pools (MPGs) in this region.

Who this affects:

Developers deploying NEW apps to GRU

Teams scaling existing GRU deployments

Automated deployments targeting GRU

New deployments via GitHub Actions/CI-CD pipelines

Existing running workloads in GRU appear stable. This is a provisioning issue, not a service outage.

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Immediate Workarounds (DO THIS NOW)

Option 1: Deploy to Alternate Region (FASTEST)

```bash

Deploy to nearest healthy region instead

flyctl deploy --region iad # Virginia (US East) flyctl deploy --region syd # Sydney (AU) flyctl deploy --region lhr # London (EU) ```

Recommendation: Use IAD for Americas, LHR for Europe, SYD for Asia-Pacific. Update your fly.toml accordingly.

Option 2: Scale Down & Retry (TEMPORARY)

If you need GRU specifically: ```bash

Reduce resource requests temporarily

flyctl scale vm shared-cpu-1x --region gru flyctl deploy ```

This may succeed if capacity becomes available for smaller VMs.

Option 3: Wait for Recovery (PASSIVE)

If GRU is critical:

Don't retry aggressively (adds queue load)

Wait 15-30 minutes before retrying

Monitor status page (see Section 5)

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How to Check If Your Project Is Affected

```bash

Check your deployment regions

flyctl apps list flyctl status

Verify which regions have machines

flyctl machines list

Try a test deployment (safe)

flyctl deploy --dry-run --region gru ```

Red flag: Error: failed to find available capacity for Machine with GRU specified.

Safe: Green status for other regions (iad, lhr, syd, etc.)

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Alternative Hosting to Consider

If you need Brazil-specific infrastructure:

| Provider | Region | Notes | |----------|--------|-------| | Railway | São Paulo | Similar pricing, no regional limits | | Render | São Paulo | More expensive, reliable | | AWS EC2 | sa-east-1 | Enterprise option | | DigitalOcean | São Paulo | Simpler, cheaper fallback | | Hetzner | São Paulo | Budget-friendly |

Our take: Railway is the closest alternative for indie hackers — same deployment experience, Brazil available.

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Monitor Recovery

Real-time updates: 1. Official Status: https://status.fly.io/ 2. Discord: Fly.io community Discord #incidents 3. Twitter: @flydotio 4. CLI check: ```bash flyctl status flyctl platform regions ```

Typical resolution time: 30-90 minutes for capacity issues.

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What NOT to Do

❌ Don't spam retry deployments — increases queue load

❌ Don't panic-scale to other providers yet — this is regional, not global

❌ Don't modify your app logic — this is infrastructure, not code

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Bottom Line

GRU is temporarily unavailable for new provisioning. Deploy to IAD/LHR/SYD today. GRU should recover within the hour. Existing workloads are fine.

We'll update this as Fly.io confirms recovery. Check back in 15 minutes or monitor the status page.