Tailscale outage: Admin console and pkgs.tailscale.com are unavailable

1. resolvedJul 16, 2026, 13:04 UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

2. monitoringJul 16, 2026, 10:29 UTC

   The admin console and [pkgs.tailscale.com](http://pkgs.tailscale.com "pkgs.tailscale.com") are now both operational. We are monitoring the situation for any further degradation in service.

3. identifiedJul 16, 2026, 09:03 UTC

   We have identified that Amazon Cloudfront is experiencing issues: [https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status](https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status "https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status"), and is the cause of the 504 errors seen on the admin console and [pkgs.tailscale.com](http://pkgs.tailscale.com "pkgs.tailscale.com"). Our teams have rolled out a fix for the admin console. [pkgs.tailscale.com](http://pkgs.tailscale.com "pkgs.tailscale.com") is still unavailable at this time.

4. investigatingJul 16, 2026, 08:13 UTC

   We are aware of reports of the admin console and [pkgs.tailscale.com](http://pkgs.tailscale.com "pkgs.tailscale.com") not being available for users, and we are investigating the scope of the issue.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in Tailscale's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.

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