Neon, a multi-tenant distributed system, has recently faced several incidents affecting its service uptime, prompting a reevaluation of how uptime is measured and communicated. The company decided to remove the traditional uptime percentage metric from its status page, opting instead for a more nuanced approach to reflect the health of its system. Recent technical challenges included issues related to "noisy neighbors" causing high IO and API request rates, and misconfigurations due to centralized components, all of which Neon has addressed with targeted solutions like implementing Kubernetes DaemonSets and regional deployments. As the company approaches general availability, it remains focused on ensuring platform reliability and scalability while incorporating community feedback, emphasizing its commitment to open-source development and cloud independence.