Equinix Metal incident

Packet Loss DC And SV Metro

Resolved on January 28, 2026, affecting Washington DC (DC) and Silicon Valley (SV) and 1 more.

resolved Jan 28, 2026, 04:33 PM UTC

Our monitoring systems detected DDoS attack patterns in SV metro (1200 - 1204 UTC) and DC metro (1208 - 1211 UTC) which caused brief period of packet loss while mitigation measures were activated. Traffic levels then stabilized to normal levels.

Started
Jan 28, 2026, 04:33 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 28, 2026, 04:33 PM UTC
Duration
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Detected by Pingoru
Jan 28, 2026, 04:33 PM UTC

Affected components

Washington DC (DC)Silicon Valley (SV)Equinix Metal Network

Update timeline

  1. resolved Jan 28, 2026, 04:33 PM UTC

    Our monitoring systems detected DDoS attack patterns in SV metro (1200 - 1204 UTC) and DC metro (1208 - 1211 UTC) which caused brief period of packet loss while mitigation measures were activated. Traffic levels then stabilized to normal levels.

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