Outage in Linode
Emerging Service Issue - [Linodes and Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE)] - [All Regions]
Resolved MinorIncident Report
Summary AI Generated
Linode experienced a service issue affecting Linodes booting across all regions, impacting both regular Linode instances and Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) services globally. The issue prevented virtual machines from starting up properly in all of Linode's data centers worldwide. The problem was identified and resolved with a fix implementation, with the incident lasting approximately 1.1 hours.
Our team is investigating an emerging service issue affecting Linodes booting across all regions. We will share additional updates as we have more information.
Components affected
Linode US-East (Newark) Linode US-East (Newark) Kubernetes Engine Linode US-Central (Dallas) Kubernetes Engine Linode US-Central (Dallas) Linode US-West (Fremont) Kubernetes Engine Linode US-West (Fremont) Linode US-Southeast (Atlanta) Linode CA-Central (Toronto) Kubernetes Engine Linode EU-West (London) Kubernetes Engine Linode CA-Central (Toronto) Linode EU-Central (Frankfurt) Kubernetes Engine Linode EU-West (London) Linode EU-Central (Frankfurt) Linode AP-South (Singapore) Kubernetes Engine Linode AP-South (Singapore) Linode AP-Northeast-2 (Tokyo 2) Kubernetes Engine Linode AP-West (Mumbai) Kubernetes Engine Linode AP-Northeast-2 (Tokyo 2) Linode AP-Southeast (Sydney) Kubernetes Engine Linode AP-West (Mumbai) Linode AP-Southeast (Sydney)Trusted by 1,000+ teams
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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED
about 8 hours ago - at 05/16/2026 01:43AM
This incident has been resolved.
IDENTIFIED
about 8 hours ago - at 05/16/2026 01:27AM
The issue has been identified and a fix has been implemented.
INVESTIGATING
about 9 hours ago - at 05/16/2026 01:06AM
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
INVESTIGATING
about 9 hours ago - at 05/16/2026 12:42AM
Our team is investigating an emerging service issue affecting Linodes booting across all regions. We will share additional updates as we have more information.
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