BREAKING: Supabase Management API Performance Degradation 🚨 Workarounds

Supabase Management API experiencing severe performance issues. Immediate workarounds and status checks inside.

Supabase Management API Degradation - Active Incident

What's Down

Supabase is currently experiencing Management API Performance Degradation. This primarily affects:

Dashboard operations and project management functions

API key management and authentication token operations

Database configuration changes

Real-time subscription management through dashboard

Project settings modifications

Note: This does NOT necessarily impact your live production databases or existing API connections. Data read/write operations may continue functioning.

How to Check If You're Affected

1. Visit the status page: https://status.supabase.com/ 2. Check response times: Attempt to access your project dashboard at https://app.supabase.com/ 3. Test API connectivity: Run a simple query against your existing database connection—if this works, your database is likely unaffected 4. Monitor logs: Check browser console (F12) for failed API requests to api.supabase.co or management.supabase.com

Immediate Workarounds

For Active Applications:

Continue using existing API keys and database connections—these typically remain functional during management API issues

Avoid making new configuration changes until resolved

If you need to scale or modify settings, wait for resolution

For Development/Testing:

Use direct PostgreSQL connections via psql if you have credentials

Access your database directly: psql postgresql://[user]:[password]@[host]:[port]/[database]

Use Supabase CLI locally: supabase db pull / supabase db push for schema changes

Switch to alternative tools like pgAdmin or DBeaver for immediate database administration

For New Projects:

Defer new project creation until Management API recovers

Consider using Supabase CLI for infrastructure-as-code: supabase projects create

Alternative Solutions

Direct PostgreSQL Tools: pgAdmin, DBeaver, or psql CLI for database work

Supabase CLI: Install via npm install -g supabase for local development

Docker Alternative: Run Supabase locally via Docker for temporary workarounds

Backup Services: If critical, consider temporary connections through native PostgreSQL drivers

What We Don't Know

Exact ETA for resolution (check status page for updates)

Whether real-time subscriptions are affected

If specific regions are impacted differently

Root cause of the degradation

Recommendations

1. Monitor status.supabase.com continuously for updates 2. Do not restart services unnecessarily 3. Keep existing connections alive—they should remain stable 4. Document any errors for Supabase support 5. Test non-critical operations first before attempting important changes

Next Steps

Follow [@supabase](https://twitter.com/supabase) on Twitter for real-time updates

Check Supabase Discord community for peer support

Contact Supabase support if you're on a paid plan

Subscribe to status page notifications

Last Updated: Monitor for latest status changes. This incident remains ongoing.