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Outage in Akamai

DNS Malicious Filtering Issues

Resolved Minor
March 10, 2026 - Started 4 days ago - Lasted about 4 hours
Official incident page

Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

Akamai experienced a DNS malicious filtering issue where legitimate fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) were erroneously flagged as malicious, affecting multiple Akamai products including Global Traffic Management. The incident lasted 4.4 hours, with Akamai identifying the root cause and implementing a fix before confirming mitigation at 20:39 UTC on March 10, 2026.

We are investigating an emerging issue with multiple Akamai products related to DNS malicious filtering where users may encounter fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) erroneously being flagged as malicious. We are actively investigating the issue and will provide another update within the next 60 minutes. We will soon be posting more details for customers and partners with a valid Control Center login at https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/group/0F90f000000DFgx/service-incident-notifications. If you have questions or are experiencing an impact due to this issue, please use the Support Center on Akamai Community (https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/support), or Akamai Control Center, to contact Akamai Technical Support. Contact information is available at https://www.akamai.com/us/en/support/.
Components affected
Akamai Global Traffic Management

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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED 3 days ago - at 03/10/2026 10:00PM

We can confirm that the issue was mitigated at 20:39 UTC on March 10, 2026 and the service has resumed normal operation. Customers and partners can view additional details about the incident by logging in to: or reaching out to Akamai Support. We apologize for the impact and thank you for your patience and continued support. We are committed to making continuous improvements to make our systems better and prevent a recurrence of this issue.

MONITORING 3 days ago - at 03/10/2026 09:03PM

We continue to work on implementing a fix for this issue. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700000y9enBCAQ. We will provide an update within the next 60 minutes.

IDENTIFIED 3 days ago - at 03/10/2026 08:08PM

We continue to work on implementing a fix for this issue. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700000y9enBCAQ. We will provide an update within the next 60 minutes.

IDENTIFIED 4 days ago - at 03/10/2026 06:50PM

We have identified the cause of the issue, and a fix is being implemented. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700000y9enBCAQ. We will provide an update within the next 60 minutes.

INVESTIGATING 4 days ago - at 03/10/2026 06:04PM

We are continuing to investigate this issue. We identified that the components listed on this status page were incorrectly marked when the update was created. We have now corrected this to reflect the accurately impacted components. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused. Customers and partners can find more details on Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700000y9enBCAQ. We will provide an update within the next 60 minutes.

INVESTIGATING 4 days ago - at 03/10/2026 05:38PM

We are investigating an emerging issue with multiple Akamai products related to DNS malicious filtering where users may encounter fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) erroneously being flagged as malicious. We are actively investigating the issue and will provide another update within the next 60 minutes. We will soon be posting more details for customers and partners with a valid Control Center login at https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/group/0F90f000000DFgx/service-incident-notifications. If you have questions or are experiencing an impact due to this issue, please use the Support Center on Akamai Community (https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/support), or Akamai Control Center, to contact Akamai Technical Support. Contact information is available at https://www.akamai.com/us/en/support/.

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