# Behind the scenes: Redpanda Cloud's response to the GCP outage

DevFeed: [Behind the scenes: Redpanda Cloud's response to the GCP outage](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/behind-the-scenes-redpanda-cloud-s-response-to-the-gcp-outage-12701.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.redpanda.com/blog/gcp-outage-june-redpanda-cloud>)

Author: Camilo Aguilar

Published: 2025-06-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Redpanda](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/redpanda.md>)

Topics: [Google Cloud Platform (GCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-cloud.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident.md>), [Complex Systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/complex-systems.md>), [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/observability.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dashboards.md>)

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## AI overview

Redpanda Cloud describes how its GCP clusters remained stable during the June 12, 2025 global GCP outage. The article explains the role of cell-based architecture, degraded monitoring, and reliability practices in the company's response.

## Source excerpt

On June 12, GCP went down. Here's how we responded at Redpanda Cloud and what it taught us about safety and reliability.