Proton outage, 1 September 2026

Service disruption

Started
Resolved
1 Sept 2026, 18:49 UTC (after 4 h 7 min)
Impact
Major
Affected
Web Application, Free servers, Mobile Apps, Incoming Mail, Regular Servers, Mobile and Desktop Apps, Browser Extensions, Outgoing Mail, Secure Core Servers, Proton Docs, Streaming, Bridge

Last update from Proton

UPDATE: The incident recovery caused some push notifications related to suspicious login activity to be delivered several hours later than expected. The delay affected only the delivery of these notifications and was related to the service disruption experienced earlier today. The delayed notifications have now been processed, and the system has returned to normal operation. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused. --- Earlier today, a subset of Proton users experienced intermittent service disruptions. The incident began during exceptional database maintenance following last week's datacenter overheating incident. The maintenance had been tested and was expected to cause only...

1 Sept 2026, 18:49 UTC

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