BREAKING: Supabase Experiencing Increased Response Times — Workarounds Inside

Supabase infrastructure reporting degraded performance. Real-time queries and API requests affected. Immediate mitigation steps available.

Supabase Experiencing Increased Response Times

Status: IDENTIFIED - Performance Degradation Severity: High Last Updated: Current incident

What's Affected

Supabase is currently experiencing increased response times across their infrastructure. This impacts:

PostgreSQL API requests - Slower than normal query execution

Real-time subscriptions - Potential delays in Realtime updates

Authentication services - Possible latency in login/token operations

Storage operations - File uploads/downloads may experience delays

Note: We are monitoring for complete outages, but currently the issue manifests as degraded performance rather than total unavailability.

How to Check If You're Affected

1. Monitor response times: Check your application logs for request latencies > 2-3x normal baseline 2. Visit Supabase Status Page: https://status.supabase.com (official status dashboard) 3. Test connectivity: Run a simple query and measure response time 4. Check browser console: Look for failed requests or timeout errors 5. Review error logs: Watch for 503, 504, or timeout-related errors

Immediate Workarounds

For Real-time Features:

Temporarily disable real-time subscriptions and implement polling with increased intervals

Reduce subscription scope to critical data only

Implement client-side caching to reduce request frequency

For API Requests:

Add retry logic with exponential backoff (3-5 second delays)

Implement request queuing on the client side

Cache responses aggressively where data freshness isn't critical

Consider implementing a fallback to stale cached data

For Authentication:

Cache session tokens longer (if your security policy allows)

Implement local authentication state management

Pre-authenticate users before critical operations

General Mitigation:

Increase API timeout thresholds from default (30-60 seconds)

Implement graceful degradation in UI (show loading states, disable real-time features)

Queue non-critical operations for later execution

Alternative Solutions

1. Temporary Database Failover: If you maintain a backup database, consider routing non-essential queries there temporarily 2. Use Edge Functions Caching: Deploy Supabase Edge Functions with aggressive caching headers 3. Third-party Alternatives (for specific features): - Firebase Realtime Database (real-time sync) - AWS RDS (PostgreSQL alternative) - MongoDB Atlas (alternative database) - Auth0 (authentication alternative)

Recommendations

Monitor continuously: Keep the Supabase status page open

Notify users: Display a banner indicating potential slowness

Collect metrics: Log response times to identify when performance normalizes

Review architecture: Consider implementing circuit breakers for degraded scenarios

Contact Supabase: File a support ticket if the issue persists

Next Steps

We'll continue monitoring this incident. Supabase typically resolves performance issues within 30-60 minutes. The workarounds above should maintain basic application functionality during the incident.

Do NOT deploy new features during this incident — wait for stability confirmation.

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*Status updates available at: https://status.supabase.com*