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Slack blocks message sending for some free-plan workspaces for about six hours on October 1, 2026
On October 1, 2026 a looping app integration pushed some free-plan Slack workspaces over their message limit, blocking sending for about six hours.
Starship deploys the first 26 Starlink V3 satellites; SpaceX says they should serve customers within weeks
On September 28, 2026 Starship reached orbit and deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites. SpaceX says they should start serving customers within a few weeks.
Microsoft 365 authentication outage starting August 31, 2026 disrupts email and Teams
A Microsoft 365 authentication problem that began August 31, 2026 disrupted Exchange Online, Teams, OneDrive and SharePoint, with recovery running into the next day.
Google Cloud outage in us-west1 on August 20, 2026 traced to planned fiber maintenance
A Google Cloud failure in its Oregon region on August 20, 2026 disrupted services for 2 hours 22 minutes. Google blamed planned fiber maintenance.
Microsoft 365 outage on July 23, 2026 hits Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive in North America
A Microsoft network configuration change on July 23, 2026 disrupted Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive and other Microsoft 365 services in North America for about 3.7 hours.
Google Workspace outage on May 30, 2026 hits Gmail, Meet, Drive and four other products for 75 minutes
On May 30, 2026 a Google infrastructure failure disrupted Gmail, Calendar, Chat, Docs, Drive, Meet and Voice for about 75 minutes.
Slack outage on May 27, 2026 disrupts messaging, workflows and apps worldwide
A Slack infrastructure change on May 27, 2026 set off a cascading failure that disrupted messaging, workflows and apps worldwide into the next morning.
Ookla’s report lists US Starlink median multi-server latency of 39 ms in Q1 2026
Ookla’s May 2026 report puts US Starlink median multi-server latency at 39 ms in Q1 2026, with median downloads of 127.39 Mbps and uploads of 21.46 Mbps.
Cloudflare outage on February 20, 2026 withdraws customer IP ranges for six hours
A Cloudflare automation bug on February 20, 2026 withdrew about 1,100 customer IP ranges from the internet, making some services unreachable for six hours.
Cloudflare IPv6 route leak on January 22, 2026 causes 25 minutes of packet loss
A router misconfiguration at Cloudflare in Miami leaked IPv6 routes for 25 minutes on January 22, 2026, causing packet loss and dropped traffic for some networks.
Microsoft 365 outage in North America on January 22, 2026 hits email, files and Teams
On January 22, 2026 a Microsoft 365 outage in North America disrupted Exchange Online email, SharePoint and OneDrive search, and Teams chat and meetings.
Verizon wireless outage on January 14, 2026 lasts about 10 hours
Verizon’s wireless network failed for about 10 hours on January 14, 2026. If your backup line is a Verizon phone or hotspot, it failed too.
FCC approves 7,500 more Starlink Gen2 satellites and new spectrum
On January 9, 2026 the FCC let SpaceX add 7,500 Gen2 satellites, 15,000 in total, with more spectrum and higher power, on deadlines running to 2031.
Starlink’s 2025 progress report gives a global median latency of about 26 ms
Starlink’s 2025 progress report, out by early January 2026, cites about 26 ms global median latency, about 200 Mbps down and 30 Mbps up at peak hours.
Starlink says it will lower about 4,400 satellites from 550 km to 480 km during 2026
On January 1, 2026 Starlink’s engineering VP said about 4,400 satellites will move from about 550 km to about 480 km during 2026, mainly for space safety.
Cloudflare outage on December 5, 2025 affects about 28% of its HTTP traffic for 25 minutes
Cloudflare had a second outage on December 5, 2025: 25 minutes of errors on about 28% of the HTTP traffic it serves, caused by a configuration change.
Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025 takes down sites and Access logins for hours
A Cloudflare failure on November 18, 2025 broke many websites and Cloudflare Access logins for almost six hours. Cloudflare blamed an oversized internal feature file.
Azure Front Door outage on October 29, 2025 hits Microsoft 365 and Entra sign-ins
A Microsoft Azure Front Door failure on October 29, 2025 caused errors and timeouts for Microsoft 365, Entra ID sign-ins and many Azure services for over eight hours.
AWS outage in US-EAST-1 on October 20, 2025 breaks many work apps
An Amazon Web Services failure in Northern Virginia on October 20, 2025 broke apps for most of a work day. AWS traced it to a DNS automation bug in DynamoDB.
Starlink global outage on July 24, 2025 lasts about 2.5 hours
Starlink went down worldwide for about 2.5 hours on July 24, 2025. Its engineering VP blamed a failure of internal software services that run the core network.
Starlink reports 25.7 ms median peak-hour latency for US customers
Starlink’s July 2025 network update said US customers saw 25.7 ms median latency at peak hours in June 2025 and set a goal of a steady 20 ms.
Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver goes down for 62 minutes on July 14, 2025
Cloudflare’s public 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 DNS resolvers were unreachable for 62 minutes on July 14, 2025. Setups with only those resolvers lost name lookups.
Google Cloud outage on June 12, 2025 disrupts Workspace and apps built on it
A Google Cloud failure on June 12, 2025 caused errors across dozens of products, including Google Workspace, and knocked out Cloudflare WARP and Access logins.
Zoom goes down for nearly two hours on April 16, 2025 after its domain is blocked at the registry
On April 16, 2025 the zoom.us domain was blocked at the registry for nearly two hours, taking down Zoom meetings and phone service for everyone.
Starlink replaces its Priority business plans with Local Priority and Global Priority
In March 2025 Starlink moved US business customers to Local Priority and Global Priority, with priority data sold in blocks and a slow lane after it runs out.
What we cover
- Network changes affecting latency
- Changes to Starlink’s network, satellites, routing or third-party latency reports that change latency or jitter for US users.
- IPv6 and public IP policy changes
- Changes to CGNAT, public IPv4, IPv6 or blocked ports, which decide whether VPNs, hosting and console NAT work.
- Business plan changes
- Changes to business (Priority) plan terms that matter for a shop, office or job site.
- Major outages and post-mortems
- Large outages that hit US remote workers, at Starlink or at the clouds, call apps and carriers a work day depends on, with the provider’s own explanation where one is published.
- Monthly reliability report
- A note when a new month of the Work-Day Reliability Report is published.
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