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Optimizely: Major incident: Login results in 429 error

Summary

Optimizely reported a major outage in which login returned 429 errors, affecting access to some products through Optimizely Identity. It started at 2026-07-23 15:26 UTC and was resolved at 2026-07-23 18:41 UTC, lasting 3 h 15 min; Optimizely attributed it to a disruption with its identity provider, Okta.

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

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AddedUpdateinvestigating#7
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After: We're aware of an issue affecting access to some products, caused by a disruption with our identity provider (Okta). We're engaged with Okta support and working to restore service. Updates to follow as soon as possible.
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After: We have identified an issue stemming from a disruption with our identity provider. We are seeing some improvement as we work to mitigate the problem and we continue to work with them on a full resolution.
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After: The disruption with our identify provider has been resolved. Thank you for your patience with this issue.

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History of this incident

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Major incident: Login results in 429 error (this change)
Optimizely reported a major outage in which login returned 429 errors, affecting access to some products through Optimizely Identity. It started at 2026-07-23 15:26 UTC and was resolved at 2026-07-23 18:41 UTC, lasting 3 h 15 min; Optimizely attributed it to a disruption with its identity provider, Okta.
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