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Outage in Akamai

Edge Delivery Issues

Resolved Minor
March 24, 2026 - Started 1 day ago - Lasted about 19 hours
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Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

Akamai experienced an 18.9-hour service incident where Cloudlets redirect links were not working properly, later expanded to affect DNS responses over 512 bytes and broader Edge Delivery services. The issue was caused by a system change that required rollback, impacting customers' redirect functionality and DNS resolution. The incident was resolved on March 25, 2026 at 17:24 UTC after the rollback was completed.

We are investigating an emerging issue with Cloudlets where some redirect links may be not work properly. We are actively investigating the issue and will provide another update within the next 30 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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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED about 17 hours ago - at 03/25/2026 05:29PM

We can confirm that the issue was mitigated at 17:24 UTC on March 25, 2026 and the service has resumed normal operation. Customers and partners can view additional details about the incident by logging in to: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000010MD88CAG?language=en_US 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.

IDENTIFIED about 20 hours ago - at 03/25/2026 02:02PM

The rollback continues without issues and is expected to complete in the next 3 hours. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000010MD88CAG. We will provide an update as we make progress.

IDENTIFIED 1 day ago - at 03/25/2026 04:34AM

We have changed the scope of this incident from Cloudlets specific issues To Edge Delivery issues as we determined that this is impacting DNS responses over 512 bytes including cloudlets. We are rolling back a change that seems to have caused the issue. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000010MD88CAG.We will provide an update as we make progress.

INVESTIGATING 1 day ago - at 03/25/2026 01:50AM

We are continuing to investigate this issue. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000010MD88CAG. We will provide another update as we make progress.

INVESTIGATING 1 day ago - at 03/25/2026 12:12AM

We are continuing to investigate this issue. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000010MD88CAG. We will provide an update within the next 60 minute.

INVESTIGATING 1 day ago - at 03/24/2026 11:14PM

We are continuing to investigate this issue. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000010MD88CAG. We will provide an update within the next 60 minute.

INVESTIGATING 1 day ago - at 03/24/2026 10:37PM

We are investigating an emerging issue with Cloudlets where some redirect links may be not work properly. We are actively investigating the issue and will provide another update within the next 30 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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