Okta outage, 14 August 2026
Uptick in email deferrals
- Started
- Resolved
- 14 Aug 2026, 17:04 UTC (after 5 h 4 min)
- Impact
- Minor
- Affected
- Core Platform, MFA
Is this still happening?
No. Okta marked this incident resolved on 14 Aug 2026, 17:04 UTC, 5 h 4 min after it began.
Right now: Okta reports degraded performance on some systems. (as of 30 Oct, 11:28 UTC) Live Okta status
Last update from Okta
We sincerely apologize for any impact this incident has caused to you, your business, or your customers. At Okta, trust and transparency are our top priorities. Outlined below is the RCA summary for a recent incident where a third-party provider or downstream service experienced an issue that impacted the Okta service. We are committed to implementing improvements to the service to prevent similar occurrences. Detection and Impact: Okta detected an increase in customer support tickets regarding email delivery issues. Customers using custom email domains routed through Proofpoint experienced email delivery deferrals. During this period, affected end users were unable to receive system-generat...
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