Linode (Akamai) outage, 20 July 2026
Connectivity Issue - Linodes in Milan, Italy
- Started
- Resolved
- 20 Jul 2026, 04:10 UTC (after 2 h 18 min)
- Impact
- Minor
- Affected
- IT-MIL (Milan)
Last update from Linode (Akamai)
Starting around 00:33 UTC on July 20, 2026, some hosts in the Milan, Italy data center became unavailable, impacting customer access to Linodes. The investigation identified that this issue occurred during scheduled router firmware updates. While we follow a phased upgrade process to prevent service disruption, an unexpected intersection of concurrent maintenance activities led to a temporary loss of network connectivity for the affected hosts. Service was fully restored by 02:16 UTC on July 20, 2026, and all systems are now operating as expected. Internally, we are reviewing our change management and maintenance scheduling procedures to ensure better coordination and prevent similar issue...
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