Linode (Akamai) outage, 13 August 2026
Emerging Service Issue - API - All Regions
- Started
- Resolved
- 14 Aug 2026, 00:26 UTC (after 5 h 40 min)
- Impact
- Not stated
- Affected
- Cloud Manager and API
Last update from Linode (Akamai)
On August 13th, 2026, at approximately 18:15 UTC, Akamai observed a brief service outage affecting [_api.linode.com_](http://api.linode.com). The total service interruption lasted for approximately 3 minutes, concluding at 18:18 UTC. Following the restoration of initial connectivity, elevated API response latency persisted through 19:06 UTC, causing slower response times and intermittent delays for customers interacting with API services. To address the performance impact, Akamai engineering teams identified a configuration discrepancy on the secondary caching infrastructure node that prevented it from absorbing the full traffic load after the failover. Engineers completed a controlled migr...
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