Dev Tools
Buildkite
Buildkite is a CI/CD platform that runs pipelines on your own infrastructure using its hosted coordination layer, combining speed with control.
What is Buildkite?
Buildkite takes a different architectural approach to CI/CD than most of its competitors. Rather than running your build jobs on its own cloud infrastructure, Buildkite provides the orchestration layer — the pipeline definitions, the UI, the agent coordination, the artifact storage — while your own servers or cloud instances run the actual builds. This hybrid model means that build execution happens on infrastructure you control and trust, while Buildkite handles the scheduling and visibility. The approach resonates strongly with larger engineering organisations that have security or compliance requirements preventing workloads from running on third-party cloud compute.
Founded in Melbourne in 2013, Buildkite has grown into a significant player in the CI/CD market despite operating without the marketing budgets of GitHub Actions or CircleCI. Companies like Shopify, Canva, Airbnb, and dozens of other major engineering organisations run their build infrastructure on Buildkite, often at enormous scale — Shopify has publicly described running thousands of Buildkite agents simultaneously to meet peak development velocity. The agent model scales linearly: adding more agents increases throughput without any change to the Buildkite configuration.
When Buildkite has a platform incident, the impact depends on whether the issue is in the orchestration layer or the agent communication layer. If the Buildkite API is down, new pipeline jobs cannot be triggered — meaning pull request commits stop producing build results and deployments cannot be initiated. The web dashboard becomes unavailable, preventing teams from viewing pipeline status, logs, or artifact downloads. Agent-to-platform communication failures cause running agents to go offline from Buildkite's perspective even while local build processes may continue executing. Webhook delivery failures prevent downstream integrations from receiving build completion events.
Outage.gg monitors Buildkite platform status with real-time reports from engineering teams. If pipelines are not triggering or the dashboard is down, check the live status page for confirmed incident details.
Common Buildkite Problems
Issues users most frequently report when Buildkite is having problems.
Login failures
Players are unable to sign in, receiving authentication errors or being stuck on loading screens.
Matchmaking problems
Unable to find or join matches, long queue times, or errors when trying to connect to game servers.
Disconnections mid-session
Getting unexpectedly kicked from active sessions, losing in-game progress or items.
In-game store & purchases
Cannot load the in-game store, complete purchases, or received items are not appearing in inventory.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Buildkite outages and server status.
You can check the live Buildkite server status at outage.gg/services/buildkite. The page shows real-time community-submitted outage reports, an hourly trend chart, and the current health status.
Buildkite can stop working for a number of reasons including scheduled maintenance windows, unexpected server failures, network infrastructure problems, or DDoS attacks. Check the live status page on Outage.gg for the latest community reports to see if others are experiencing the same issue.
Go to outage.gg/services/buildkite and click the "Report an Issue" button. Your report is counted immediately and helps confirm whether a problem is widespread. Reports from multiple users trigger a status change visible to everyone watching the page.
Click the "Notify Me" bell button on the Buildkite status page at outage.gg/services/buildkite. Create a free account and we will send you an email the moment Buildkite comes back online — no app download required.
Many services maintain official status pages with planned maintenance notices. Outage.gg aggregates real-time community-reported outages which often surface faster than official channels.
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