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Outage in Akamai

Bot Manager Premier Issues

Resolved Minor
May 11, 2026 - Started 2 days ago - Lasted 1 day
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Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

Akamai's Bot Manager Premier experienced an issue where valid traffic was incorrectly blocked due to false positives, affecting the Bot Management service for 27.3 hours. The problem was caused by a software release, which Akamai rolled back at 17:13 UTC on May 11, 2026, and the issue was fully mitigated by 23:13 UTC the same day. The service has since resumed normal operations.

We are investigating an emerging issue with Bot Manager Premier related to false positives with valid traffic being blocked. 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/.
Components affected
Akamai Bot Management

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RESOLVED 1 day ago - at 05/12/2026 07:18PM

We can confirm that the issue was mitigated at 23:13 UTC on May 11, 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/0D5a7000017a38WCAQ 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 2 days ago - at 05/11/2026 05:23PM

We have rolled back a release which we believe may have caused this issue as of 17:13 UTC on May 11, 2026; based on current observations, the service is resuming normal operations. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000017a38WCAQ. We will continue to monitor to ensure that the impact has been fully mitigated.

INVESTIGATING 2 days ago - at 05/11/2026 04:29PM

Updating to clarify that the issue appears to be impacting Bot Manager Premier. 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/0D5a7000017a38WCAQ. We will provide an update within the next 60 minutes.

INVESTIGATING 2 days ago - at 05/11/2026 04:03PM

We are investigating an emerging issue with Bot Manager Premier related to false positives with valid traffic being blocked. 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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