Resolved -
Problem
On March 20, Smart Cloud customers across regions experienced an outage which affected Application launch and Fileshare access operations while working with desktop applications:
This was experienced from 12:40 UTC to 13:41 UTC.
Root Cause
The issue occurred during the staging process of the planned monthly maintenance, when one of the Domain Controller servers unexpectedly rebooted. Following the reboot, one of the platform services was left in an incorrect state which impacted Application launch and login operations for desktop applications in Smart Cloud.
Resolution
The issue was resolved after the platform service on the Domain controller server was manually restarted. Following this, Application launch and user login operations for desktop applications started working.
Prevention:
Smart Cloud teams have identified the following preventive actions to implement
Add proactive platform dependent service startup alerts and dependency‑chain detection.
Improve Maintenance staging controls to prevent unscheduled reboots.
Evaluate redundancy and failover mechanisms for platform dependencies.
Mar 24, 21:20 UTC
Update -
Please find the Root Cause Analysis(RCA) for this incident as follows:.
Problem
On March 20, Smart Cloud customers across regions experienced an outage which affected Application launch and Fileshare access operations while working with desktop applications:
This was experienced from 12:40 UTC to 13:41 UTC.
Root Cause
The issue occurred during the staging process of the planned monthly maintenance, when one of the Domain Controller servers unexpectedly rebooted. Following the reboot, one of the platform services was left in an incorrect state which impacted Application launch and login operations for desktop applications in Smart Cloud.
Resolution
The issue was resolved after the platform service on the Domain controller server was manually restarted. Following this, Application launch and user login operations for desktop applications started working.
Prevention:
Smart Cloud teams have identified the following preventive actions to implement
Add proactive platform dependent service startup alerts and dependency‑chain detection.
Improve Maintenance staging controls to prevent unscheduled reboots.
Evaluate redundancy and failover mechanisms for platform dependencies.
Mar 24, 13:02 UTC
Monitoring -
We believe this issue is now resolved. We are successfully able to launch applications from all regions. We are continuing to monitor.
Mar 20, 13:18 UTC
Investigating -
We have received reports that customers in multiple smart cloud regions are unable to launch desktop applications. Our operations team is investigating the issue.
Mar 20, 12:56 UTC