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Service Issue - Cloud Manager and API

Between approximately 10:15 and 12:18 UTC on September 7, 2026, customers could have experienced elevated error rates and 5xx response codes when using Cloud Manager or performing API calls. The investigation revealed that the issue started due to increased API load that over-utilized our database resources which in turn led to the symptoms seen by users. To mitigate the issue, the team addressed the elevated API load issue which brought back utilization of our resources within normal ranges. Ongoing actions include monitoring platform stability, and planning enhancements to API rate limiting. This summary provides an overview of our current understanding of the incident given the information available. Our investigation is ongoing and any information herein is subject to change.

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State

Resolved

Started

55 d ago

2026-09-07 10:38 UTC

Lasted

2 h 53 min

until 2026-09-07 13:31 UTC

Worst impact

Degraded

Timeline

6 updates
10:3811:2112:0412:4713:31
DegradedUpdate postedTimes in UTC

Investigating

2 h 50 min 98%

Monitoring

3 min 2%

Updates

Times in UTC

As posted by Akamai Cloud (Linode)

Postmortem2026-09-08 09:26 UTC

Between approximately 10:15 and 12:18 UTC on September 7, 2026, customers could have experienced elevated error rates and 5xx response codes when using Cloud Manager or performing API calls. The investigation revealed that the issue started due to increased API load that over-utilized our database resources which in turn led to the symptoms seen by users. To mitigate the issue, the team addressed the elevated API load issue which brought back utilization of our resources within normal ranges. Ongoing actions include monitoring platform stability, and planning enhancements to API rate limiting. This summary provides an overview of our current understanding of the incident given the information available. Our investigation is ongoing and any information herein is subject to change.

Resolved2026-09-07 13:31 UTC

We haven't observed any additional issues with the Cloud Manager or API, and will now consider this incident resolved. If you continue to experience issues, please contact us at 855-454-6633 (+1-609-380-7100 Intl.), or send an email to support@linode.com for assistance.

Monitoring2026-09-07 13:27 UTC

At this time we have been able to correct the issue affecting the Cloud Manager and API. We will be monitoring this to ensure that the service remains stable. If you are still experiencing issues and unable to open a Support ticket , please call us at 855-454-6633 (+1-609-380-7100 Intl.), or send an email to support@linode.com.

Investigating2026-09-07 12:12 UTC

We are continuing to investigate this issue.

Investigating2026-09-07 11:39 UTC

We are continuing to investigate this issue.

Investigating2026-09-07 10:38 UTC

Our team is investigating a service issue that affects the Cloud Manager (https://cloud.linode.com/) and API. During that time, some users may experience issues when attempting to access these systems. We will share additional updates as we have more information.

Affected components

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Cloud Manager and API

Akamai Cloud (Linode) in the last 90 days

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90 days agoToday

Incidents in 90 days

27

Days with an incident

89

Median duration

6 h 29 min

This incident

56% shorter than the median

How long each incident lasted, on the day it started. The outlined bar is this incident.

15 days
median 6 h 29 min
90 days agoToday

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