Linode (Akamai) outage, 14 August 2026
Service Issue - Linode Kubernetes Engine Enterprise (LKE-E) - Seattle (SEA1)
- Started
- Resolved
- 13 Aug 2026, 14:00 UTC - reported afterwards
- Impact
- Not stated
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On August 13, 2026, between approximately 14:30 and 16:30 UTC, Akamai experienced an issue affecting Linode Kubernetes Engine Enterprise \(LKE-E\) cluster provisioning and deployment in the Seattle \(SEA1\) region. During this time, customers attempting to create new clusters encountered failures or delays. In some cases, clusters were created but nodes were not fully provisioned, while in others, the control plane responsible for managing the cluster could not be deployed. Akamai identified the issue through customer reports, which was then validated by reproducing the failures in Seattle-based test clusters. Other regions continued to operate normally, and no existing customer workloads w...
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