BREAKING: Fly.io MAJOR π΄ workarounds inside [t30rzmy54w5k]
Fly.io is down: Partial outage in SJC. Immediate workarounds for indie hackers.
BREAKING: Fly.io Partial Outage in SJC Region π΄
Status: MONITORING | Severity: MAJOR | Last Updated: NOW
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WHAT'S DOWN & WHO'S AFFECTED
Fly.io is experiencing a partial outage in the SJC (San Jose) region. This impacts:
sjc regionWho should act NOW:
Other regions (IAD, LHR, NRT, SYD, etc.) appear unaffected.
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IMMEDIATE WORKAROUNDS (DO THIS NOW)
1. Failover to Another Region (5 mins)
```bashScale down SJC instances immediately
flyctl scale count 0 -r sjcDeploy to backup region (IAD recommended for US)
flyctl deploy -r iadOr use multi-region auto-failover
flyctl regions add iad flyctl regions remove sjc ```2. Update DNS/Load Balancer (2 mins)
3. Quick Health Check
```bash flyctl status flyctl regions list curl https://status.fly.io ```4. Enable Global Request Routing (1 min)
Add tofly.toml:
```toml
[env]
PRIMARY_REGION = "iad"
FALLBACK_REGIONS = "lhr,nrt"
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HOW TO CHECK IF YOU'RE AFFECTED
Step 1: Check your deployment region ```bash flyctl info | grep Region flyctl apps list ```
Step 2: Monitor real-time metrics
fly.io/dashboard β Apps β Monitoringflyctl logs -a your-appStep 3: Test connectivity ```bash curl -v https://your-app.fly.dev
High latency or timeouts = affected
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ALTERNATIVE TOOLS (BACKUP PLAN)
If you need to migrate temporarily:
| Platform | Setup Time | Cost | Best For | |----------|-----------|------|----------| | Railway | 5 mins | $5-50/mo | Quick Node/Python migrations | | Render | 10 mins | Free tier available | Static + backend combo | | Vercel | 3 mins | Free tier | Frontend only | | Heroku | 15 mins | $7+/mo | Legacy compatibility | | DigitalOcean | 20 mins | $4+/mo | Full control needed |
Best quick win: Render (native Fly.io competitor, supports all stacks).
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MONITOR RECOVERY
Official Channels
Your App Recovery Signs
```bashRun every 30 seconds
watch -n 30 'flyctl status -a your-app'When you see: "Running" + low error rate = β recovered
```Automated Monitoring
```bashSet up alerts
flyctl metrics -a your-app --instance your-instance ```---
BOTTOM LINE
1. If in SJC: Failover to IAD NOW (5 minutes) 2. If multi-region: Already safe, monitor anyway 3. If elsewhere: Keep working, stay alert 4. Check status.fly.io every 10 minutes until green
This is operational. We've seen this before. You've got this.
Will update every 15 minutes.