F5 incident
F5 Distributed Cloud - Service Degradation - Network - Melbourne (ME1) - INC-20261005-523
F5 is currently experiencing a minor incident affecting Melbourne, Australia, which began 6h ago. The vendor's full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Oct 05, 2026, 03:46 PM UTC
This advisory is to inform you that we are currently investigating reports of service degradation affecting Melbourne. We understand this may be affecting your operations and we are committed to providing transparent and timely updates as more information becomes available. While we gather more information, we recommend monitoring the progress on this site (https://www.f5cloudstatus.com/) for the latest update. Investigation Status: • We have identified potential service impact at 03:42 PM UTC • Our incident response team has been fully mobilized; • Initial investigation and impact assessment efforts are underway. Next Steps: • A detailed incident notification will be provided within 30 minutes; • Our teams are working to determine the root cause of the incident; • We will share mitigation steps as soon as they become available. We appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this situation. If you are experiencing a critical business impact, please contact our support team through your established channels. Thank you for your continued support and trust in F5.
- investigating Oct 05, 2026, 04:30 PM UTC
We are currently investigating a hardware issue within our Melbourne region. Customer traffic continues to route normally over secondary paths. Our network engineering team is actively working with hardware vendor support to complete diagnostic procedures. We will share further updates as more information becomes available.