RewindexOutage eventsJun 9, 2022
Mailgun outage, Jun 9, 2022
9 vendors posted 9 incidents between 12:00 and 14:00 UTC, against about 3 incidents from 2 vendors in the same hours on an ordinary week. 2 vendors named Mailgun in 2 incidents (2 of them blamed it). Mailgun posted “Issues with Login, APIs, and Other Mailgun Functionality” at 12:25 UTC.
Observed, not verified. A line means a vendor’s incident named another vendor, or started in the same window. It is not a proven cause.
Times are UTC; lags are from when Mailgun posted (12:25).
- Mailgun posted 12:25
How it spread
Vendors that named Mailgun, grouped by when they posted, and vendors that blamed one of the vendors Mailgun took down. Solid lines: the vendor named the other. Dashed: same window, not named.
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Mermaid source
flowchart LR
root["Mailgun<br/>posted 12:25 UTC"]:::root
h1["Within an hour<br/>2 vendors, 2 blamed Mailgun<br/>Gorgias, Greenhouse"]:::blames
root --> h1Vendors that named Mailgun
In their own words. “Blames” means a causal phrase sits next to the name (“due to”, “upstream provider”…).
Within an hour
2 vendors
- Major incident
+15 min
Blames Mailgun
GorgiasMailgun outage affecting sending/receiving Emails for forwarding and base email integrations, and execution of Rules
…Mailgun outage affecting sending/receiving Emails for forwarding and base email integrations, and execution of Rules This incident has been resolved.…
- Major incident
+17 min
Blames Mailgun
GreenhouseDelays sending emails
…Delays sending emails Mailgun states that their outbound delivery issue is fully recovered, so we are marking this issue resolved.…
Same window, did not name anyone
7 incidents started during the event without naming Mailgun or another vendor. Some are part of it, some are a normal day’s background (about 3 in these hours).
Show all 7
- +5 minCritical incident
- +5 minCritical incident
- +42 minMinor incident
- +52 minMinor incident
- +1 h 5 minMajor incident
- +1 h 29 minMinor incident
- +1 h 31 minMajor incident
Detected automatically from 6 status pages opening incidents in the peak hour (normally at most 4). Mentions are matched by name in each incident’s title and updates, then classified as cause, location or integration; quoted text is the vendor’s. Vendors that share one status page are shown once.