Media Services Live 4 (MSL4) Issues

Update timeline

1. investigating Aug 25, 2026, 04:52 PM UTC

   We are investigating an emerging issue with Media Services Live 4 related to live streaming with 502 bad gateway errors. We are actively investigating the issue and will provide another update within the next 30 minutes. We will soon be posting more details for customers and partners with a valid Control Center login at https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/group/0F90f000000DFgx/service-incident-notifications. If you have questions or are experiencing an impact due to this issue, please use the Support Center on Akamai Community (https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/support), or Akamai Control Center, to contact Akamai Technical Support. Contact information is available at https://www.akamai.com/us/en/support/.

2. investigating Aug 25, 2026, 05:20 PM UTC

   We are continuing to investigate this issue. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700001QPRcTCAX?language=en_US. We will provide an update within the next 30 minutes.

3. investigating Aug 25, 2026, 05:52 PM UTC

   We are continuing to investigate this issue and work towards mitigation. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700001QPRcTCAX?language=en_US. We will provide an update within the next 30 minutes.

4. identified Aug 25, 2026, 06:13 PM UTC

   We have identified the cause of the issue, and a fix is being implemented. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700001QPRcTCAX. We will provide an update within the next 30 minutes.

5. monitoring Aug 25, 2026, 06:27 PM UTC

   We have implemented a fix for this issue as of 18:15 UTC on August 25, 2026; based on current observations, the service is resuming normal operations. Customers and partners can find more details on the Akamai Community: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700001QPRcTCAX. We will continue to monitor to ensure that the impact has been fully mitigated.

6. resolved Aug 26, 2026, 10:16 AM UTC

   We can confirm that the issue was mitigated at 18:15 UTC on August 25, 2026 and the service has resumed normal operation. Customers and partners can view additional details about the incident by logging in to: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700001QPRcTCAX or reaching out to Akamai Support. We apologize for the impact and thank you for your patience and continued support. We are committed to making continuous improvements to make our systems better and prevent a recurrence of this issue.

7. postmortem Aug 26, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC

   Customers and partners can find an incident summary report, here: https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700001QPRcTCAX