Akamai outage on August 14 — 18-minute disruption
Aug 14, 06:21 AM → Aug 14, 06:39 AM · 18 minutes · high
An Akamai service disruption was detected on August 14, 2026, primarily through user reports. The incident, which began at 06:21 UTC, resulted in an 18-minute period of elevated user-reported issues. Services were fully restored by 06:39 UTC.
Impact
During the 18-minute incident, a total of 4 user reports were received, indicating a high severity disruption. The primary issue reported by users was 'Website down'. No specific regional impact was recorded among the user reports received. These reports were crucial in identifying the scope of the disruption.
Top reported issues
- Website down4
Incident timeline
- Aug 14, 06:21 AM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- Aug 14, 06:21 AM
Status updated: major issue
- Aug 14, 06:26 AM
Status updated: major issue
- Aug 14, 06:30 AM
Peak of 4 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.3)
- Aug 14, 06:39 AM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- Aug 14, 06:21 AM
Akamai status page acknowledged the incident.
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