BREAKING: Supabase Access Issues From Brazil Providers [Identified]

Supabase experiencing regional access problems affecting some Brazilian users. Immediate workarounds and monitoring steps for indie hackers.

BREAKING: Supabase Access Issues From Some Providers in Brazil

Status: Identified | Severity: Regional | Last Updated: Now

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What's Down & Who's Affected

Supabase is reporting access issues from specific internet providers in Brazil. This is a regional routing problem, not a global outage.

Affected:

Users accessing Supabase from Brazil on certain ISPs

Projects may experience intermittent connection timeouts

API calls and database connections are the primary pain points

Dashboard access may be slow or unavailable

Not affected:

Users outside Brazil

Users on other Brazilian ISPs (appears provider-specific)

Your data is safe; this is a connectivity issue only

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Immediate Workarounds RIGHT NOW

1. Use a VPN (Fastest Fix)

Connect to a VPN server outside Brazil

Reconnect your app/client

Expected restoration time: immediate

Tools: Proton VPN (free tier works), Mullvad, or any reputable provider

2. Implement Connection Retry Logic

```javascript const supabase = createClient(url, key, { db: { schema: 'public', }, auth: { persistSession: true, }, realtime: { params: { eventsPerSecond: 10, }, }, });

// Add exponential backoff const retryQuery = async (fn, maxRetries = 3) => { for (let i = 0; i < maxRetries; i++) { try { return await fn(); } catch (err) { if (i === maxRetries - 1) throw err; await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, Math.pow(2, i) * 1000)); } } }; ```

3. Route Requests Through a Proxy/API Gateway

Deploy a simple Node/Vercel function in a non-Brazil region

Have your Brazil-based clients hit this proxy instead

Proxy forwards requests to Supabase

Adds ~100ms latency but maintains connectivity

4. Switch to Read Replicas (If Available)

If you have read replicas enabled, query those instead

Write operations can wait; read-heavy apps can continue

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How to Check If Your Project is Affected

1. Check Supabase Status Page: https://status.supabase.com 2. Test from your location: ```bash curl -v https://[your-project].supabase.co/rest/v1/ ``` 3. Check your app logs for connection timeouts specifically from Brazil 4. Monitor your database for slow query logs (Supabase dashboard → Performance) 5. Ping Slack/Discord communities - other devs will confirm regional impact

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Alternative Tools to Consider (For Contingency)

Firebase Realtime Database - multi-region by default

Neon - PostgreSQL with global edge caching

PlanetScale - MySQL with failover capabilities

MongoDB Atlas - region-specific but highly available

AWS RDS with Route 53 - enterprise-grade failover

*Note: Migration takes time. Use these only if Supabase doesn't recover in 2+ hours.*

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How to Monitor Recovery

✅ Real-Time Monitoring:

Supabase Status Page (refresh every 5 min)

Twitter: @supabase_io

Status updates on their Discord: discord.supabase.io

✅ Test Your Connectivity: ```bash while true; do curl -s -w "Status: %{http_code}\n" https://[your-project].supabase.co/rest/v1/ && break echo "Still experiencing issues. Retrying in 30s..." sleep 30 done ```

✅ Set Monitoring Alerts:

Use UptimeRobot to monitor your Supabase endpoint

Enable Sentry/LogRocket to catch real user impact

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Bottom Line

This is a regional routing issue with specific ISPs in Brazil. Your data is intact. Use a VPN as the immediate fix, implement retry logic, and monitor the status page. Supabase typically resolves regional ISP issues within 2-4 hours.

Stay calm. Keep building.