Changes / Mailgun / Errors connecting to smtp.eu.mailgun.org

Mailgun: Major incident: Errors connecting to smtp.eu.mailgun.org

Summary

Mailgun reported a major outage involving connection errors to smtp.eu.mailgun.org, starting 2025-03-17 09:20 UTC and resolved 2025-03-17 19:44 UTC, lasting 10 h 24 min. A mitigation restored SMTP and inbound email processing in the EU region to full working behavior at 15:02 UTC.

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Major incidentLabel: outage (model (Jev), 100%)Changed Detected Source: stspg.io (opens in new tab)

What changed

AddedTitle#1
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After: Errors connecting to smtp.eu.mailgun.org
AddedImpact#2
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After: major
AddedStatus#3
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After: resolved
AddedStart time#4
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After: 2025-03-17 09:20 UTC
AddedResolved time#5
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After: 2025-03-17 19:44 UTC
AddedAffected components#6
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After: API, Email Services - API, Email Services - Inbound email processing, Email Services - Outbound Delivery, Email Services - SMTP, Inbound email processing, Outbound Delivery, SMTP
AddedUpdateinvestigating#7
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After: We are currently investigating this issue.
AddedUpdateinvestigating#8
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After: We are continuing to investigate this issue.
AddedUpdateinvestigating#9
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After: We are continuing to investigate this issue.
AddedUpdateidentified#10
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After: The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
AddedUpdateidentified#11
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After: We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
AddedUpdatemonitoring#12
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After: A mitigation has been put in place and SMTP / Inbound email processing in our EU region is back to full working behavior.
AddedUpdatemonitoring#13
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After: We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
AddedUpdateresolved#14
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After: This incident has been resolved.

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History of this incident

When (UTC)ChangeKind
Major incident: Errors connecting to smtp.eu.mailgun.org (this change)
Mailgun reported a major outage involving connection errors to smtp.eu.mailgun.org, starting 2025-03-17 09:20 UTC and resolved 2025-03-17 19:44 UTC, lasting 10 h 24 min. A mitigation restored SMTP and inbound email processing in the EU region to full working behavior at 15:02 UTC.
Major incident

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