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Mailgun: Major incident: Click and Open Tracking Degraded (US Regions)

Summary

Mailgun reported a major denial-of-service attack against click and open tracking servers in US regions, causing some requests to time out or fail. The incident started at 2026-08-11 05:32 UTC and was resolved at 2026-08-11 07:07 UTC, lasting 1 h 35 min; a fix was implemented by 06:54 UTC.

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Major incidentLabel: security (model (Jev), 26%)Changed Detected Source: stspg.io (opens in new tab)

What changed

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After: Click and Open Tracking Degraded (US Regions)
AddedImpact#2
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AddedStatus#3
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After: resolved
AddedStart time#4
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After: 2026-08-11 05:32 UTC
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After: 2026-08-11 07:07 UTC
AddedAffected components#6
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After: Email Services - Events & Logs, Events & Logs
AddedUpdateinvestigating#7
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After: We are currently experiencing a denial of service attack against our click and open tracking servers in our US regions. Remediation work is underway. Some requests may time out or fail at this time.
AddedUpdateidentified#8
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After: The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
AddedUpdatemonitoring#9
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After: A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
AddedUpdateresolved#10
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After: This incident has been resolved.

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History of this incident

When (UTC)ChangeKind
Major incident: Click and Open Tracking Degraded (US Regions) (this change)
Mailgun reported a major denial-of-service attack against click and open tracking servers in US regions, causing some requests to time out or fail. The incident started at 2026-08-11 05:32 UTC and was resolved at 2026-08-11 07:07 UTC, lasting 1 h 35 min; a fix was implemented by 06:54 UTC.
Major incident

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