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Outage in Akamai

Edge Delivery Issues in Chicago, Illinois

Resolved Minor
April 06, 2026 - Started 24 days ago - Lasted 9 days
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Summary AI Generated

Akamai experienced Edge Delivery issues in the Chicago, Illinois region involving packet loss and performance degradation that lasted approximately 213 hours from April 6-10, 2026. The incident affected Akamai's Edge Delivery service, causing degraded performance for customers using content delivery services in that region. Akamai implemented temporary mitigations on April 6th to stabilize service, followed by permanent fixes that fully resolved the issue by April 10th at 23:12 UTC.

We are investigating an emerging issue with Edge Delivery related to packet loss and general performance degradation. 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 Edge Delivery

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RESOLVED 15 days ago - at 04/15/2026 04:02PM

We can confirm that the issue was mitigated at 23:12 UTC on April 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 22 days ago - at 04/08/2026 11:53PM

We are continuing to monitor the situation in the Chicago, Illinois region following the implementation of permanent mitigations. Service performance remains stable, and our monitoring indicates there is minimal impact to customers at this time. We will provide further updates as needed to ensure the issue remains fully resolved. Customers and partners can find additional technical details on Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000012K6RECA0.

MONITORING 24 days ago - at 04/06/2026 10:54PM

We are continuing to monitor the situation following temporary mitigations put in place to restore service stability. While performance has stabilized, we will continue to provide periodic updates until a permanent mitigation has been fully implemented. Customers and partners can find additional technical details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000012K6RECA0.

MONITORING 24 days ago - at 04/06/2026 07:46PM

We have implemented a fix for this issue as of approximately 18:30 UTC on April 6, 2026; based on current observations, the service is resuming normal operations. Customers and partners can find more details on Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000012K6RECA0. We will continue to monitor to ensure that the impact has been fully mitigated.

INVESTIGATING 24 days ago - at 04/06/2026 06:57PM

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/0D5a7000012K6RECA0. We will provide an update within the next 60 minutes.

INVESTIGATING 24 days ago - at 04/06/2026 06:22PM

We are investigating an emerging issue with Edge Delivery related to packet loss and general performance degradation. 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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