Infrastructure Security
When the Cloud Pulls the Plug: The GCP Account Suspension That Took Railway Down (May 19, 2026)
On May 19, 2026, Google Cloud automatically suspended Railway's production account, taking down a platform fronting roughly 10 million services for about eight hours. The root cause was not a breach but a control-plane dependency and a provider action with no human in the loop.
May 21, 202613 min read