Outage in Garmin inReach

New inReach devices unable to activate

Resolved Minor

April 27, 2026 - Started about 16 hours ago - Lasted 18 minutes
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Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

New and factory-reset Garmin inReach devices experienced activation failures, hanging on the "Activating" status for 18 minutes. The issue affected the Iridium Activation and Subscription Billing components, while existing active devices continued to function normally. The activation problem was resolved without impacting current users.

New and factory-reset inReach devices may hang on "Activating". Existing active devices are not affected.

Components affected

Garmin inReach Iridium Activation and Subscription Billing

Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )

RESOLVED about 16 hours ago - at 04/27/2026 07:21PM

This incident has been resolved.

INVESTIGATING about 16 hours ago - at 04/27/2026 07:07PM

New and factory-reset inReach devices may hang on "Activating". Existing active devices are not affected.

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