Edge Delivery Issues in Chicago, Illinois
Incident Lifecycle
Incident Timeline
Monitoring
We are continuing to monitor the situation in the Chicago, Illinois region following the implementation of permanent mitigations. Service performance remains stable, and our monitoring indicates there is minimal impact to customers at this time. We will provide further updates as needed to ensure the issue remains fully resolved. Customers and partners can find additional technical details on Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000012K6RECA0.
Apr 8, 2026 at 11:53 PM UTC
Monitoring
We are continuing to monitor the situation following temporary mitigations put in place to restore service stability. While performance has stabilized, we will continue to provide periodic updates until a permanent mitigation has been fully implemented. Customers and partners can find additional technical details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000012K6RECA0.
Apr 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM UTC
Monitoring
We have implemented a fix for this issue as of approximately 18:30 UTC on April 6, 2026; based on current observations, the service is resuming normal operations. Customers and partners can find more details on Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000012K6RECA0. We will continue to monitor to ensure that the impact has been fully mitigated.
Apr 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM UTC
Investigating
We are continuing to investigate this issue. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000012K6RECA0. We will provide an update within the next 60 minutes.
Apr 6, 2026 at 6:57 PM UTC
Investigating
We are investigating an emerging issue with Edge Delivery related to packet loss and general performance degradation. We are actively investigating the issue and will provide another update within the next 60 minutes. We will soon be posting more details for customers and partners with a valid Control Center login at https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/group/0F90f000000DFgx/service-incident-notifications. If you have questions or are experiencing an impact due to this issue, please use t...
Apr 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM UTC
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