Outage in DreamHost
Emergency Network Maintenance – PDX Dedicated Server Rack
Resolved Minor
August 14, 2026 - Started 6 days ago
- Lasted 20 minutes
Incident Report
Summary AI Generated
DreamHost performed emergency network maintenance on a secondary switch in their PDX/West Coast data center after identifying an issue causing intermittent packet loss. Dedicated servers in the affected rack experienced approximately 15–20 minutes of downtime while the switch was rebooted. Connectivity was expected to restore automatically upon completion with no customer action required.
We're performing emergency network maintenance affecting dedicated servers in a rack within our PDX / West Coast data center.
We've identified an issue with a secondary network switch that is causing intermittent packet loss and need to reboot the switch to restore normal network traffic.
What to expect:
Dedicated servers connected to the affected rack may experience a brief interruption in network connectivity while the switch is restarted. Connectivity should recover automatically once the switch is back online.
No action is needed on your end.
You can confirm which data center your server is located in from the DreamHost panel:
https://panel.dreamhost.com/index.cgi?tree=support.dc
We've identified an issue with a secondary network switch that is causing intermittent packet loss and need to reboot the switch to restore normal network traffic.
What to expect:
Dedicated servers connected to the affected rack may experience a brief interruption in network connectivity while the switch is restarted. Connectivity should recover automatically once the switch is back online.
No action is needed on your end.
You can confirm which data center your server is located in from the DreamHost panel:
https://panel.dreamhost.com/index.cgi?tree=support.dc
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6 days ago - at 08/14/2026 06:48PM
We're performing emergency network maintenance affecting dedicated servers in a rack within our PDX / West Coast data center.
We've identified an issue with a secondary network switch that is causing intermittent packet loss and need to reboot the switch to restore normal network traffic.
What to expect:
Dedicated servers connected to the affected rack may experience a brief interruption in network connectivity while the switch is restarted. Connectivity should recover automatically once the switch is back online.
No action is needed on your end.
You can confirm which data center your server is located in from the DreamHost panel:
https://panel.dreamhost.com/index.cgi?tree=support.dc
6 days ago - at 08/14/2026 07:02PM
Emergency maintenance is now underway for affected dedicated servers in our PDX / West Coast data center.
Affected servers may experience approximately 15–20 minutes of downtime while the network equipment is rebooted and connectivity is restored.
Services should recover automatically once the maintenance is complete. No action is required on your end.
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