Live status & reliability report

Akamai status, outages & reliability

#10 of 10 CDN & DNS providersDegraded

Akamai Technologies is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based provider of content delivery, cloud security and edge computing services.

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · score recalculated

Over the last 90 days Akamai had 96.55% effective uptime across 24 status page incidents, resolving them in 1d 11h on average.

29.7/100Reliability scoreVisit Akamai ↗

Is Akamai down right now?

Akamai is having problems right now.

  • Akamai's status page reports degraded performance. Checked .
  • All 2 Akamai pages we check are responding. Checked .
  • Informationalongoing for 5d 9h (as of this update)

    Performance Degradation for Customers in Mumbai and Chennai

    On October 27, 2026, between 08:05 UTC and 10:45 UTC customers using services in Mumbai and Chennai may have experienced performance degradation. This occurred due to packet loss within an upstream provider’s network. As of 10:45 UTC the loss has subsided, and we are no longer se…

Official Akamai status page ↗

Uptime (90d)96.55%3d 2h weighted downtime
Incidents (90d)243.3 per 30 days
Major / partial outages0
Avg time to resolve1d 11h
Outages we detected0by our independent probes

90-day uptime

Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 10, 2026: no incidentsAug 11, 2026: 91.37% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 12, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 13, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 14, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 15, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 16, 2026: 87.79% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 17, 2026 – Aug 19, 2026: no incidentsAug 20, 2026: 95.45% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 21, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 22, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 23, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 24, 2026: 88.22% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 25, 2026: 95.54% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 26, 2026: 93.58% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 27, 2026: no incidentsAug 28, 2026: 97.92% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 29, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026: no incidentsSep 4, 2026: 90.42% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 5, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026: no incidentsSep 10, 2026: 96.01% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 11, 2026: 93.49% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 12, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026: no incidentsSep 22, 2026: 85.31% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 23, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 24, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 25, 2026: 90.95% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 26, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026: no incidentsSep 28, 2026: 95.23% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 29, 2026: 89.80% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 30, 2026 – Oct 1, 2026: no incidentsOct 2, 2026: 99.21% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026: no incidentsOct 21, 2026: 94.29% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 22, 2026: 85.05% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 23, 2026 – Oct 24, 2026: no incidentsOct 25, 2026: 93.59% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 26, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 27, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 28, 2026: 91.40% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago96.552% average daily uptimeToday
  • No incidents
  • Degraded
  • Partial outage
  • Major outage
  • No data

Key facts about Akamai's reliability

  • Since May 19, 2026, the earliest date its published history covers, Akamai published 41 incidents on its status page, none of them partial or major outages.
  • Its longest incident on record in that time was “Origin Server Connectivity Issues with Elevated Errors in APAC Region” on Sep 22, 2026, which lasted 3d.
  • The part of Akamai most often affected was Edge Delivery (22 of 41 incidents).
  • Incidents most often began on a Tuesday (11 of 41, UTC).
  • Akamai's 90-day uptime of 96.55% is below the average for CDN & DNS providers (98.72%).
  • It resolves incidents more slowly than the typical CDN provider: 1d 11h on average, against a median of 5h 7m.

Score breakdown

Uptime · 40% weight
0
96.552% effective uptime
Incident frequency · 20% weight
44
3.33 weighted incidents per 30 days
Time to resolve · 20% weight
5
1d 11h average
Transparency · 20% weight
100
No unreported outages detected

How the score is calculated →

Incidents per month

036912DecJan ’26FebMarApr1 degraded performance incident1 informational incident2May6 degraded performance incidents2 informational incidents8Jun5 degraded performance incidents1 informational incident6Jul7 degraded performance incidents3 informational incidents10Aug6 degraded performance incidents3 informational incidents9Sep4 degraded performance incidents2 informational incidents6OctNov
  • Major outage
  • Partial outage
  • Degraded
  • Informational

Response time

Daily average response time of Akamai's public pages, measured by our probes.

Not enough data yet — this chart fills in as our monitoring runs.

Score trend

Daily reliability score (rolling 90-day window).

Not enough data yet — this chart fills in as our monitoring runs.

Akamai incident history (last 90 days)

Source: Akamai status page · last checked · Subscribe via RSS

Our independent monitoring

We check these public Akamai pages every 5 minutes. An outage is recorded after two consecutive failed checks.

PageLast checkUptime (30d)Avg response
Control Center loginUp 100%216 ms
TechDocsUp 100%3022 ms

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Akamai status FAQ

Is Akamai down right now?

Akamai is having problems right now. Akamai's status page currently reports an active issue, and all 2 of the Akamai pages we check every five minutes are responding. This page updates automatically when that changes.

How reliable is Akamai?

Akamai has a reliability score of 29.7 out of 100, ranking #10 of 10 CDN & DNS providers. Over the last 90 days it had 96.55% effective uptime.

How often does Akamai have outages?

Akamai published 24 incidents on its status page in the last 90 days (0 partial or major outages) and 41 in the past 12 months.

How long do Akamai outages last?

Akamai resolves incidents in 1d 11h on average. Its longest incident in the past year lasted 3d, on Sep 22, 2026.

Does Akamai have a status page?

Yes. Akamai's official status page is www.akamaistatus.com. We read it every five minutes and keep its full incident history.