Bird (MessageBird) outage, 13 November 2026
Microsoft outage: delays delivering to Outlook, Hotmail and Office 365
- Started
- Resolved
- 13 Nov 2026, 16:20 UTC (after 3 h 31 min)
- Impact
- Minor
- Affected
- Bird Platform
Is this still happening?
No. Bird (MessageBird) marked this incident resolved on 13 Nov 2026, 16:20 UTC, 3 h 31 min after it began.
Right now: Bird (MessageBird) reports all systems operational. (as of 13 Nov, 20:53 UTC) Live Bird (MessageBird) status
At a glance
- Bird (MessageBird) rated this a minor incident.
- It was resolved after 3 h 31 min. That is longer than a typical Bird (MessageBird) incident: the median of the 25 other resolved ones we recorded is 1 h 31 min.
- Bird (MessageBird) had 2 other incidents in the 30 days before it.
- 5 earlier incidents look like the same kind of problem (same affected part or wording); the most recent was on 13 Nov 2026.
Our summary from the Bird (MessageBird) incidents we have recorded since 24 Mar 2026 - how we count.
Last update from Bird (MessageBird)
This incident is resolved, and delivery to Microsoft mailboxes is back to normal. From about 17:30 UTC on 12 November, Microsoft's mail service returned temporary errors for most delivery attempts. The cause was an incident on Microsoft's side (Microsoft incident EX1550543), and delivery to other mailbox providers was not affected. Microsoft's errors dropped sharply from about 13:30 UTC on 13 November. Delivery was back to normal rates by 14:35 UTC, and Microsoft's error levels have been normal since about 15:10 UTC (09:10 CST). We queued all affected mail and retried it automatically. Most of it has now been delivered, and the rest of the retry queue will finish over the next few hours. Y...
Read the full incident on the official Bird (MessageBird) status page
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