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THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT Oct 28, 04:00 - 05:30 UTC Sep 29, 21:46 UTC
Scheduled - The Linode Cloud Manager, API, and CLI will be offline for scheduled maintenance between 04:00 UTC and 05:30 UTC on October 28, 2026. During this window, running Linodes and related services will not be disrupted, but account management access and Support tickets will be unavailable.
Please ensure that you complete critical or important jobs in the Cloud Manager or API before the maintenance window. We will update this status page once this event is complete and Linode customers have full access to all Linode services.
Customers who need assistance from Linode Support during this time will need to call 855-454-6633 (+1-609-380-7100 outside of the United States) to contact our Support team. Please note that our Support team will not be able to assist with issues related to the Cloud Manager or API, authenticate users to their accounts, or respond to Support tickets for the duration of the maintenance window. As soon as our Support team regains access, we will answer tickets in the order they are received.
Impacts on Current Linode Customers:
Current Linode customers will not be able to log in to the Cloud Manager, interact with the API, or perform any administrative or management functions. This includes Create, Remove, Boot, Migrate, Back Up, Shut Down, etc.
The scheduled maintenance will impact the Kubernetes API. Dynamic aspects of LKE that rely on the Linode API will also be impacted, to include items such as autoscaling, recycling, rebooting, attaching/detaching PVCs, Node Balancer provisioning, as well as the ability to create new clusters. Cluster nodes and running workloads will not be affected.
Impacts on Users Trying to Create Linode Accounts / Awaiting Account Authentication:
While the Linode Cloud Manager is offline during the maintenance period, we are unable to accept requests for new accounts or authenticate accounts for users awaiting full account access.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Oct 19, 20:33 UTC Oct 19, 15:29 UTC Oct 19, 14:49 UTC
Resolved - We haven’t observed any additional connectivity issues in our Chicago (US-ORD) data center, and will now consider this incident resolved. If you continue to experience problems, please open a Support ticket for assistance.
Monitoring - At this time we have been able to correct the issues affecting connectivity in our Chicago (US-ORD) data center. We will be monitoring this to ensure that it remains stable. If you are still experiencing issues, please open a Support ticket for assistance.
Investigating - Our team has identified an issue affecting connectivity in our Chicago (US-ORD) data center. During this time, users may experience intermittent connection timeouts and errors for all services deployed in this data center. We will share additional updates as we have more information.
Oct 16, 12:20 UTC Oct 15, 17:15 UTC
Resolved - The maintenance has been completed. New customer signup and account creation are fully restored.
Investigating - We are performing maintenance on the Akamai Cloud Login service. During this maintenance, new customer signup and account creation are temporarily disabled. Existing customers accounts are not affected and will be able to log in normally.
Oct 17, 05:07 UTC Oct 16, 08:53 UTC Oct 15, 17:27 UTC
Update - Akamai has completed patching Compute hypervisors for the known vulnerabilities related to CVE-2026-99999, also referred to as “PwnEscape”, and we have not identified any exploitation on the Akamai platform.
We recommend that customers upgrade Linode guest VMs using kernels from upstream OS vendors as those become available, especially for cases where less trusted workloads are being run within containers or nested virtualization. We are in the process of preparing images containing fixes from upstream vendors.
Update - We have not identified any exploitation on the Akamai platform so far. As of now, our subject matter experts are continuing to work on patching server sets in phases across the Akamai platform. We are actively monitoring our platform while we perform the mitigation actions.
Identified - Akamai is aware of the recently published Guest-to-Host KVM Escape (CVE-2026-99999) vulnerability. Our teams have proactively identified its potential impact and are actively applying mitigations across our platform and infrastructure. There is potential for customer workload impact as a part of our platform response to this vulnerability. At this time, we have not observed evidence of this vulnerability being actively exploited on our platform. We will provide updates as additional information becomes available.
Oct 13, 08:03 UTC Oct 9, 05:23 UTC Oct 9, 03:43 UTC
Resolved - We haven't observed any additional issues with the Cloud Manager logins, and will now consider this incident resolved. If you continue to experience issues receiving verification codes, please contact us at 855-454-6633 (+1-609-380-7100 Intl.), or send an email to support@linode.com for assistance.
Monitoring - At this time we have been able to correct the issue affecting the Cloud Manager logins. We will be monitoring this to ensure that the service remains stable. If you are still experiencing issues and unable to receive verification codes please open a Support ticket, call us at 855-454-6633 (+1-609-380-7100 Intl.), or send an email to support@linode.com.
Identified - Our team has identified the issue affecting Cloud Manager logins, where customers may not receive verification codes in some scenarios. We are working quickly to implement a fix and will provide an update as soon as the solution is in place.