Akamai reported this minor-impact incident on its official status page on Sep 22, 2026, 14:28 UTC. It has not been marked resolved yet.
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Our upstream carrier continues to work on the maintenance of the impacted subsea cables. Although immediate impact has subsided, customers may still experience intermittent impact until the repair works are completed - the current estimate points to early October, 2026, subject to change. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700001V5RQqCAN. We will continue to monitor to ensure that the impact has been fully mitigated.
We are continuing to monitor to ensure the impact has been fully mitigated. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700001V5RQqCAN
We have identified that this issue was likely due to upstream congestion related to unexpected maintenance on subsea cables. The impact was primarily observed when requests from outside the APAC region were routed to origins in the APAC region, and when requests from the APAC region were routed to origins outside the region. We are working with the upstream ISP(s) to gather additional details.Based on our current observations, the service is resuming normal operations. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700001V5RQqCAN. We will continue to monitor to ensure the impact has been fully mitigated.
We became aware of an issue with origin server connectivity that caused intermittent connectivity issues and elevated errors for some customers in affected regions. The issue was resolved at approximately 11:41 UTC on 22 September, 2026. The issue appears to have self-corrected; based on current observations, the service is resuming normal operations. We will continue to monitor to ensure the impact has been fully mitigated. We apologize for the impact and thank you for your patience and continued support. We are committed to making continuous improvements to help prevent a recurrence of this issue.
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