Date & Time: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 21:00 UTC
Estimated Duration: Up to 30 minutes
Affected Region: US-NC-1 (North Carolina)

Summary:
RunPod's data center partner will be deploying a dedicated NAT Gateway for the US-NC-1 region to address network latency and packet processing issues. This upgrade is intended to improve long-term network stability and performance for all pods in this region.

Expected Impact:
Pods in US-NC-1 may experience intermittent network connectivity disruptions during the cutover window. Active connections — including SSH sessions, API calls, and data transfers — may be dropped and will need to re-establish. Pod compute resources will remain online; only network connectivity is affected.

Recommended Actions:
- Pause or checkpoint any network-sensitive workloads prior to 21:00 UTC on 2/18 if possible
- Expect to re-establish SSH sessions or restart network-dependent processes after the maintenance window
- Monitor your pods for connectivity restoration following the cutover