Azure outage on August 14 — 1h 34m disruption
Aug 14, 05:57 AM → Aug 14, 07:31 AM · 1h 34m · medium
On August 14, 2026, Azure experienced a service disruption. This incident was detected through an elevated volume of user reports. The issue was identified at 05:57 UTC and resolved by 07:31 UTC, resulting in a total disruption of 1 hour and 34 minutes.
Impact
Users reported experiencing issues primarily categorized as 'Website down' during the incident. A total of 8 reports were received, with a peak of 4 reports within a 15-minute period. No specific top impacted regions were recorded for this incident. The disruption was classified as medium severity.
Top reported issues
- Website down8
Outage timeline
- Aug 14, 05:57 AM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (medium severity)
- Aug 14, 05:57 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- Aug 14, 06:00 AM
Peak of 4 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.8)
- Aug 14, 07:31 AM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- Aug 14, 05:57 AM
Azure status page acknowledged the incident.
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