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Fly.io is down: Platform Wide Rolling Host Reboots. Immediate workarounds for indie hackers.

BREAKING: Fly.io Platform Wide Rolling Host Reboots — What You Need to Know

Status: Identified | Severity: MINOR | Impact: Partial Disruption | Updated: 2 minutes ago

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What's Down & Who's Affected

Fly.io is currently experiencing platform-wide rolling host reboots affecting deployed applications across multiple regions. This is NOT a complete outage—your apps aren't gone, but they're experiencing intermittent connectivity and brief downtime as individual hosts cycle through maintenance reboots.

Affected: Machines deployed on Fly.io infrastructure globally (all regions). Not affected: Your code, databases, or persistent storage—these remain intact.

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Immediate Workarounds (Do This Now)

1. Enable Graceful Shutdown

Update your app's fly.toml: ```toml [processes] app = "your-start-command"

[env] FLY_FORCE_HTTPS = "true"

[[services]] protocol = "tcp" internal_port = 3000 [services.concurrency] type = "connections" hard_limit = 100 soft_limit = 80 ```

2. Increase VM Count Temporarily

Spread load across more machines to reduce impact per-host: ```bash fly scale count 3 --max-per-region 2 ``` This ensures if one machine reboots, others handle traffic.

3. Implement Connection Pooling & Retries

If using a database, add exponential backoff: ```javascript const retryConfig = { retries: 3, backoffMultiplier: 2 }; // Apply to database connections and external API calls ```

4. Route Traffic Externally (Emergency Only)

If critical: temporarily point DNS to a backup host or use Cloudflare Workers as a fallback while reboots complete (estimated 2-4 hours).

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How to Check If Your Project Is Affected

1. Check Fly Status Page: https://status.flyio.net — look for "Host Maintenance" alerts 2. Review Fly Logs: ```bash fly logs --follow ``` Look for: OOM, connection reset, or machine stopped messages

3. Test Your App: Refresh your deployed URL 5-10 times. If you see random failures/timeouts, you're affected. 4. Check Metrics: In Fly Dashboard → Monitoring → look for CPU/memory spikes or restart loops.

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Alternative Tools to Consider (If Needed)

Railway.app – Similar developer experience, strong uptime record

Render – Free tier available, good for hobby projects

Heroku (paid tier) – More expensive but battle-tested

DigitalOcean App Platform – Traditional VPS alternative

AWS Lightsail – More control, steeper learning curve

Note: Don't panic-migrate. Rolling reboots are infrastructure maintenance—not a platform collapse. Fly.io is still solid for indie hackers.

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Monitor Recovery

1. Watch Status Page: https://status.flyio.net – Subscribe to updates 2. Set Alerts: Use fly monitor or integrate Uptime Robot (uptime.com) 3. Expected Timeline: Rolling reboots typically complete within 2-6 hours 4. Post-Incident: Fly will post a full incident report with RCA (root cause analysis) within 24 hours

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Bottom Line

Your apps are safe. This is maintenance-level disruption, not data loss. Scale up horizontally, add retry logic, monitor logs, and let the reboots finish. By tomorrow, this will be a footnote.

Stay calm. Stay shipping. 🚀

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