# LaunchDarkly: Delays in Guarded Rollouts, Progressive Rollouts, Release Pipelines, and Experimentation

- Provider: [LaunchDarkly](https://outages.cc/launchdarkly.md)
- Type: Incident
- State: Resolved
- Worst impact: Degraded performance
- Started: 2026-10-03 07:29 UTC
- Resolved: 2026-10-03 09:06 UTC (lasted 1 h 37 min)
- Components: Experiment management, Rollout management, Release pipelines, Feature management (core functionality) - Release pipelines, Experimentation (core functionality) - Experiment management, Guarded Rollouts (core functionality) - Rollout management
- Official update: https://stspg.io/8k6pt7lv3z6h

## Updates from LaunchDarkly

### resolved, 2026-10-03 09:06 UTC

This incident has been resolved.

### monitoring, 2026-10-03 08:51 UTC

The backlog of delayed changes has been fully processed as of 1:45 AM PT on October 3. All changes that were delayed during the incident have been applied. No data was lost. We are continuing to monitor.

### identified, 2026-10-03 07:29 UTC

Some automatic changes in LaunchDarkly are being applied later than expected. This affects stage transitions for guarded and progressive rollouts, release pipeline phase progression, and multi-armed bandit traffic reallocations. Delays began at approximately 4:15 PM PT on October 2 2026. In-progress rollouts and experiments remain at their current stage and traffic allocation; nothing has been advanced, reverted, or stopped incorrectly. No data is lost. Delayed changes remain queued and will take effect once processing catches up.