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Fly.io is down: Network issues in US West Coast. Immediate workarounds for indie hackers.

BREAKING: Fly.io Network Issues - US West Coast 🚨

Status: Investigating | Severity: MINOR | Last Updated: NOW

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What's Down & Who's Affected

Fly.io is experiencing network connectivity issues affecting the US West Coast region (PHX, LAX infrastructure). This primarily impacts:

Applications deployed to us-west regions

API calls routing through West Coast data centers

New deployments targeting PHX/LAX

Existing connections experiencing intermittent packet loss

Scope: Partial disruption. Other regions (us-east, iad, sjc) are unaffected. Your app may still be running, but with degraded performance or timeout issues.

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Immediate Workarounds (DO THIS NOW)

1. Immediate Failover (5 minutes)

```bash

Redeploy to alternate region

fly deploy --region iad

or use healthy regions: sea, sjc, lax-alt

```

2. Enable Hedged Requests (2 minutes)

Configure your load balancer to retry requests to secondary regions

If using Fly's internal routing, requests auto-failover to healthy regions

Action: No restart needed—already enabled by default

3. Temporary DNS Redirect (Immediate)

```bash

If you control DNS, point to backup infrastructure

Update your health check threshold temporarily:

fly config set health_check_grace_period 30 ```

4. Local Testing

Don't deploy new code right now—wait for "all clear"

Stage changes in a different region to verify before re-deploying to West Coast

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How to Check If You're Affected

Quick Diagnostics:

1. Check Fly Dashboard: - Visit [fly.io/dashboard](https://status.fly.io) - Scroll to "US West Coast" section - Note any red/yellow indicators

2. Test Your App: ```bash curl -v https://your-app.fly.dev # Watch for timeouts or slow responses (>5s) ```

3. Check Your Region: ```bash fly status # Look at deployment regions—if it says "us-west", you're affected ```

4. Monitor Logs: ```bash fly logs --region us-west # Look for connection timeouts or network errors ```

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Alternative Hosting to Consider

If you need immediate redundancy:

Vercel (serverless functions, auto geo-routing)

Railway (similar to Fly, uses different infrastructure)

Render (reliable East Coast routing)

DigitalOcean App Platform (simple, multi-region)

AWS Lightsail (if you have capacity)

⚠️ Don't panic-migrate. Wait 30-60 minutes. Fly.io has good reliability track record.

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How to Monitor Recovery

Real-Time Status:

Fly Status Page: [status.fly.io](https://status.fly.io)

Check every 2-3 minutes for updates

Follow [@flydotio](https://twitter.com/flydotio) on Twitter

Automated Monitoring: ```bash

Watch your app's health

watch -n 10 'fly status'

Monitor specific region

fly logs --region us-west --follow ```

Recovery Indicators:

Status page shows "resolved" or "monitoring"

Your app responds consistently (<1s latency)

No errors in application logs

New deployments succeed without timeout

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TL;DR

✅ You're probably fine. Most indie apps auto-failover.

⚡ If you're in us-west: Redeploy to another region now.

📊 Check your dashboard to confirm your region.

⏰ ETA: Fly.io typically resolves infrastructure issues within 30-60 minutes.

Stay calm. This is minor. You've got this.