What Happened
Azure experienced an outage on May 29, 2026. The incident lasted approximately 11 hours 14 minutes.
Microsoft's cloud computing platform providing virtual machines, app services, databases, AI/ML tools, and enterprise solutions integrated with Microsoft 365.
Timeline
| Time (UTC) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 07:07 | Investigating | Impact Statement- Starting at 04:27 UTC on 29 May 2026, customers may experience increased latency, intermittent connectivity, or timeouts when accessing resources hosted in the West US 2 region, d... |
| 04:27 | Investigating | Impact Statement: Starting at 04:27 UTC on 29 May 2026, we are investigating an incident which is impacting multiple services in West US 2, due to a power event. This impacts service accessibility ... |
| 09:39 | Investigating | Impact Statement: Starting at 09:39 UTC on 29 May 2026, customers using Azure OpenAI service in multiple regions who may experience degraded request success where some requests returned errors or f... |
| 04:27 | Resolved | Impact Statement: Starting at 04:27 UTC on 29 May 2026, a severe thunderstorm caused widespread utility power loss to our West US 2 datacenter facilities, resulting in a multi-service outage. Datac... |
| 18:16 | Resolved | All systems operational |
Impact
The outage lasted approximately 11 hours 14 minutes.
Resolution
Azure has recovered and is now operational.
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