Delay in External Email Delivery
Incident Lifecycle
Incident Timeline
Monitoring
We have implemented a fix for this issue as of 13:00 UTC on May 21, 2026, based on current observations, the service is resuming normal operations. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000019St8yCACWe will continue to monitor to ensure that the impact has been fully mitigated.
May 21, 2026 at 2:04 PM UTC
Identified
We have identified the cause of the issue, and a fix is being implemented.Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000019St8yCAC .We will provide an update within the next 60 minutes.
May 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM UTC
Investigating
We are investigating an emerging issue with Email Exchange server related to delay with the emails. We are actively investigating the issue and will provide another update within the next 30 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 the Support Center ...
May 21, 2026 at 1:58 PM UTC
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