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Outage in Akamai

Media Services Live 4 (MSL4) Issues

Resolved Minor
August 25, 2026 - Started 5 days ago - Lasted about 17 hours
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Summary AI Generated

Akamai's Media Services Live 4 (MSL4) experienced an issue causing 502 bad gateway errors that disrupted live streaming, affecting Edge Delivery over approximately 17 hours. The root cause was identified and a fix was implemented by 18:15 UTC on August 25, 2026. Normal service operations resumed shortly after, with Akamai confirming full mitigation the following day.

We are investigating an emerging issue with Media Services Live 4 related to live streaming with 502 bad gateway errors. 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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Akamai Edge Delivery

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RESOLVED 4 days ago - at 08/26/2026 10:16AM

We can confirm that the issue was mitigated at 18:15 UTC on August 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/0D5a700001QPRcTCAX 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 5 days ago - at 08/25/2026 06:27PM

We have implemented a fix for this issue as of 18:15 UTC on August 25, 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/0D5a700001QPRcTCAX. We will continue to monitor to ensure that the impact has been fully mitigated.

IDENTIFIED 5 days ago - at 08/25/2026 06:13PM

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/0D5a700001QPRcTCAX. We will provide an update within the next 30 minutes.

INVESTIGATING 5 days ago - at 08/25/2026 05:52PM

We are continuing to investigate this issue and work towards mitigation. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700001QPRcTCAX?language=en_US. We will provide an update within the next 30 minutes.

INVESTIGATING 5 days ago - at 08/25/2026 05:20PM

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/0D5a700001QPRcTCAX?language=en_US. We will provide an update within the next 30 minutes.

INVESTIGATING 5 days ago - at 08/25/2026 04:52PM

We are investigating an emerging issue with Media Services Live 4 related to live streaming with 502 bad gateway errors. 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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