Netlify outage, September 2026: Elevated CDN Errors

Netlify reported and resolved an incident: Elevated CDN Errors. It lasted 34 minutes.

Resolved

From Netlify's official status page, in their words.

What happened

Started
Resolved
Duration
34 minutes
Impact
minor
Affected
High-Performance Edge Network, Standard Edge Network, Build Pipeline

Why it happened

Netlify has not given a cause in its updates. We never guess one.

This incident on the Netlify status page

Timeline

Newest first. From Netlify's official status page, in their words.

  1. resolved

    The issue causing elevated CDN errors has been resolved. DNS resolution has recovered, and affected services are operating normally.

  2. monitoring

    We have applied a fix for the issue causing elevated CDN errors. Services are recovering, and we are monitoring the platform to confirm full recovery.

  3. identified

    We have identified the cause of the elevated CDN errors and are applying mitigations across affected systems. Recovery is underway, though some requests may continue to fail during this process.

  4. identified

    We have identified a DNS resolution issue affecting our edge network’s ability to reach some origin servers. Requests to affected sites may fail. Our team is working to restore service.

What this means for a business (and what to check now)

  • Retry anything that failed during the 34 minutes.
  • Enter any payments, bookings or jobs you took another way.
  • If a deadline fell inside the window, keep this page as your record of the outage.

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