Equinix Metal incident

Brief Network Disruption – Chicago (CH3)

Resolved after 22 minutes, affecting Equinix Metal Network and Chicago (CH), on April 14, 2026.

resolved Apr 14, 2026, 04:48 PM UTC

At this time the device has recovered and MLAG bonds have been restored. The device has fully recovered, and all services are currently operating normally.

Started
Apr 14, 2026, 04:25 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 14, 2026, 04:48 PM UTC
Duration
22m
Detected by Pingoru
Apr 14, 2026, 04:25 PM UTC

Affected components

Equinix Metal NetworkChicago (CH)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Apr 14, 2026, 04:25 PM UTC

    One of the network devices in Chicago (CH3) experienced an unexpected restart. The device has fully recovered, and all services are currently operating normally. Please visit status.equinixmetal.com for further updates or reach out to [email protected] for further assistance.

  2. identified Apr 14, 2026, 04:27 PM UTC

    Customers in this rack with bonded interfaces should have only encountered a loss in redundancy and available through-put for their uplinks. Customers in an unbonded configuration, may have experienced some packet loss while the device recovered.

  3. resolved Apr 14, 2026, 04:48 PM UTC

    At this time the device has recovered and MLAG bonds have been restored. The device has fully recovered, and all services are currently operating normally.

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