# NordLayer: Major incident: Connectivity issues with VPN servers in South Africa

**Summary:** NordLayer reported a major outage involving connectivity issues with dedicated VPN servers in South Africa, affecting Dedicated Servers and Private Gateways (Servers with dedicated IPs). It started at 2024-03-15 08:30 UTC and was resolved at 2024-03-15 17:00 UTC, lasting 8 h 29 min. The service provider implemented a fix; no further connectivity issues were detected. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2024-03-15 08:30 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/bv0dctybv7m4](https://stspg.io/bv0dctybv7m4)
- [Company: NordLayer](https://rewindex.com/company/nordlayer.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:313/nvl4jlhr7n4t@ee7be6bd74e7
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Connectivity issues with VPN servers in South Africa
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**2. Added: Impact**

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+ major
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**3. Added: Status**

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+ resolved
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**4. Added: Start time**

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+ 2024-03-15 08:30 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2024-03-15 17:00 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ Dedicated Servers, Private Gateways (Servers with dedicated IPs)
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**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2024-03-15 08:30 UTC

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+ We are seeing elevated levels of connectivity issues with dedicated VPN servers in South Africa. Our sys-admins are already investigating the issue.
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**8. Added: Update** (identified) · 2024-03-15 09:30 UTC

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+ Our service provider is aware of the issue and is currently working on a fix.
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**9. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2024-03-15 16:45 UTC

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+ A fix has been implemented by the service provider and we are monitoring the results.
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**10. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2024-03-15 17:00 UTC

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+ No further connectivity issues have been detected - the problem is now resolved.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2024-03-15 08:30 UTC | Major incident: Connectivity issues with VPN servers in South Africa (this change) | outage |

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