Exascale Outage History

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Exascale had 11 outages in the last 2 years totaling 1425h 20m of downtime — averaging 0.5 incidents per month.

There were 11 Exascale outages since July 6, 2024 totaling 1425h 20m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.exascale.co.uk

Minor March 18, 2026

Elveated Loss on Link facing Aggrigation Router

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 18, 2026, 09:12 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 13, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC
Duration
25d 15h
Affected: TEL0 - Exascale, Telford, UK
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. monitoring Mar 18, 2026, 09:12 PM UTC

    We have seen observed elevated optical loss and increased errors towards agg1, we have taken decisive action to replace the optical transceivers at both ends of the link to ensure service remains stable.

  2. monitoring Apr 13, 2026, 12:20 PM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  3. monitoring Apr 13, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  4. resolved Apr 13, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice February 26, 2026

Network outage

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 26, 2026, 10:43 AM UTC
Resolved
Feb 26, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Feb 26, 2026, 10:43 AM UTC

    An unexpected outage occurred in the data centre, impacting the network. This has since been resolved.

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Critical November 18, 2025

DDOS Protection Outage - Affecting public facing websites

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 18, 2025, 12:01 PM UTC
Resolved
Nov 18, 2025, 06:58 PM UTC
Duration
6h 57m
Affected: Website DDOS Protection
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. identified Nov 18, 2025, 11:53 AM UTC

    We are experiencing an outage with all websites and services protected by CloudFlare.

  2. identified Nov 18, 2025, 11:56 AM UTC

    We're starting to see websites recover. We await further updates from CloudFlare.

  3. identified Nov 18, 2025, 12:01 PM UTC

    Unfortunately we have seen services via CloudFlare revert to being offline. We await updates.

  4. resolved Dec 23, 2025, 06:58 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major September 13, 2025

Loss of Hypervisor in Telford

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 13, 2025, 04:42 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 13, 2025, 10:19 PM UTC
Duration
5h 37m
Affected: TelfordWest BromwichTEL0 - Exascale, Telford, UK
Timeline · 6 updates
  1. identified Sep 13, 2025, 04:42 PM UTC

    The DNS servers in Telford have failed due to being hosted on the Hypervisor cluster which has failed. We recommend setting your DNS servers to 8.8.8.8 or 4.4.4.4 to restore service while we resolve the issue.

  2. identified Sep 13, 2025, 05:01 PM UTC

    We have introduced other DNS servers into the network, service should be starting to restore.

  3. identified Sep 13, 2025, 05:44 PM UTC

    We have restored the majority of services, however we are currently rebuilding the hypervisor to restore Radius which is affecting national broadband circuits delivered over Openreach.

  4. identified Sep 13, 2025, 05:44 PM UTC

    We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

  5. monitoring Sep 13, 2025, 08:28 PM UTC

    We have recovered all critical services and non-critical services will start to recover shortly.

  6. resolved Sep 13, 2025, 10:19 PM UTC

    All systems are now back to normal.

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Minor June 11, 2025

Vodafone Ethernet Outage

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 11, 2025, 03:30 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 12, 2025, 08:02 AM UTC
Duration
16h 31m
Affected: Vodafone Ethernet
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Jun 11, 2025, 12:49 PM UTC

    We’re currently experiencing circa 40 Ethernet circuits not forwarding layer 2 traffic in our Telehouse North point of presence. We have reported the issue to Vodafone NOC and have rebooted Vodafone’s equipment as a precautionary measure. We await further updates.

  2. monitoring Jun 11, 2025, 01:31 PM UTC

    We’ve started to observe circuits recover, however we still have no updates from Vodafone. We will provide further information when available.

  3. monitoring Jun 11, 2025, 03:30 PM UTC

    Vodafone have advised that a line card at a Vodafone Redstream site experienced a failure (crashed). The faulty line card was removed and reseated, which successfully restored service.

  4. resolved Jun 12, 2025, 08:02 AM UTC

    We've observed circuits being stable for over 12 hours, we're now closing. If you're still having issues please email [email protected]

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Minor March 18, 2025

AMS-IX - Linecard FPC4 degradation on Nikhef PE stub-nik-350

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 18, 2025, 10:36 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 13, 2025, 09:22 PM UTC
Duration
25d 22h
Affected: AMS0 - Nikhef, Amsterdam, NL
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified Mar 18, 2025, 10:36 PM UTC

    AMS-IX have advised Exascale of an issue effecting the PE router of which Exascale is directly connected. AMS-IX advise traffic has been switched using photonics to a shadow PE router while investigations are on-going.

  2. resolved Apr 13, 2025, 09:22 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice January 24, 2025

Storm Éowyn Update

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 24, 2025, 11:43 AM UTC
Resolved
Jan 29, 2025, 01:07 AM UTC
Duration
4d 13h
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. monitoring Jan 24, 2025, 11:43 AM UTC

    We are actively monitoring our network and can confirm that Exascale is not experiencing any issues related to Storm Éowyn. Our network remains stable and fully operational. As an extra precaution, our Exascale Fleet is conducting regular checks on the network assets every few hours. There’s no need for concern—this is simply an additional step we’re taking to ensure continued stability during this time. Update from Openreach Openreach has informed us that their teams are extremely busy due to the ongoing disruption caused by Storm Éowyn. You can view their release here: https://openreach-comms.co.uk/cr/AQischCr0IoHGJzot7YH-IzPvLB6gigUY0TiFqorr8eGF11nfLq1-35Z6Rkuw_I We appreciate your cooperation and understanding. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please reach out to our support team at [email protected].

  2. resolved Jan 29, 2025, 01:07 AM UTC

    The Exascale network didn’t incur any damage as part of this weather event.

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Major January 4, 2025

Vodafone WDSL/Ethernet Down in West Midlands Area

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 04, 2025, 09:19 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 05, 2025, 08:33 AM UTC
Duration
11h 14m
Affected: Vodafone WDSLVodafone Ethernet
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jan 04, 2025, 09:19 PM UTC

    We are currently observing a number of circuits down which are provided by Vodafone in the West Midlands area. We're currently awaiting a sitrep from Vodafone

  2. identified Jan 04, 2025, 11:06 PM UTC

    Vodafone Fixed Line NOC have advised there is a Fibre break in Birmginham Small Heath Area approx 15km from a Vodafone Red Stream site. The is no ETA at present as the break is still being investigated. Updates will be provided as received.

  3. resolved Jan 05, 2025, 08:33 AM UTC

    We have seen Ethernet circuits and WDSL recover at around 1:05am this morning and has remained stable.

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Minor September 21, 2024

Telford Stirchley - Off-net Openreach Down

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 21, 2024, 08:22 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 22, 2024, 10:04 PM UTC
Duration
1d 1h
Affected: Vodafone WDSL
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Sep 21, 2024, 08:22 PM UTC

    We have been informed that some connections in the Stirchley Telford area are currently down. This is effecting all networks in the area including Openreach etc. We have investigated and this issue is out of our system and out of our control.

  2. resolved Sep 22, 2024, 10:04 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor July 6, 2024

Telford On-Net connection issues.

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 06, 2024, 06:21 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 06, 2024, 09:26 PM UTC
Duration
3h 4m
Affected: Telford
Timeline · 5 updates
  1. investigating Jul 06, 2024, 06:21 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating an intermittent issue within the Telford Area. This is causing a small number of clients to drop connection.

  2. identified Jul 06, 2024, 06:36 PM UTC

    The issue has been identified and engineers are currently onsite and working to resolve the issue asap.

  3. monitoring Jul 06, 2024, 07:42 PM UTC

    A fix has been found and implemented. Our team is now monitoring the network to ensure fault has cleared.

  4. monitoring Jul 06, 2024, 09:24 PM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  5. resolved Jul 06, 2024, 09:26 PM UTC

    This issue has been resolved. We will carry on monitoring over the next few hours.

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