IETF Outage History

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IETF had 13 outages in the last 2 years totaling 6h 19m of downtime — averaging 0.5 incidents per month.

There were 13 IETF outages since July 10, 2025 totaling 6h 19m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.ietf.org

Major June 17, 2026

RFC-Editor outage

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 17, 2026, 03:35 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 17, 2026, 03:39 PM UTC
Duration
4m
Affected: RFC-Editor
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jun 17, 2026, 03:35 PM UTC

    RFC-Editor cannot be accessed at the moment. This incident was created by an automated monitoring service.

  2. resolved Jun 17, 2026, 03:39 PM UTC

    RFC-Editor is now operational! This update was created by an automated monitoring service.

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Major June 17, 2026

BibXML outage

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 17, 2026, 03:33 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 17, 2026, 08:53 PM UTC
Duration
5h 20m
Affected: BibXML
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jun 17, 2026, 03:33 PM UTC

    BibXML cannot be accessed at the moment. This incident was created by an automated monitoring service.

  2. resolved Jun 17, 2026, 08:53 PM UTC

    BibXML is now operational! This update was created by an automated monitoring service.

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Major June 8, 2026

Registration Website outage

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 08, 2026, 09:51 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 08, 2026, 09:56 PM UTC
Duration
5m
Affected: Registration Website
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jun 08, 2026, 09:51 PM UTC

    Registration Website cannot be accessed at the moment. This incident was created by an automated monitoring service.

  2. resolved Jun 08, 2026, 09:56 PM UTC

    Registration Website is now operational! This update was created by an automated monitoring service.

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Major June 8, 2026

IAB Website outage

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 08, 2026, 09:51 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 08, 2026, 09:56 PM UTC
Duration
5m
Affected: IAB Website
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jun 08, 2026, 09:51 PM UTC

    IAB Website cannot be accessed at the moment. This incident was created by an automated monitoring service.

  2. resolved Jun 08, 2026, 09:56 PM UTC

    IAB Website is now operational! This update was created by an automated monitoring service.

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Major June 6, 2026

SMTP outage

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 06, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC
Resolved
Jun 06, 2026, 12:24 AM UTC
Duration
5m
Affected: Mail Services (SMTP)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jun 06, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC

    SMTP cannot be accessed at the moment. This incident was created by an automated monitoring service.

  2. resolved Jun 06, 2026, 12:24 AM UTC

    SMTP is now operational! This update was created by an automated monitoring service.

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Major June 4, 2026

Trustee outage

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 04, 2026, 09:39 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 04, 2026, 09:44 PM UTC
Duration
5m
Affected: Trustee
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jun 04, 2026, 09:39 PM UTC

    Trustee cannot be accessed at the moment. This incident was created by an automated monitoring service.

  2. resolved Jun 04, 2026, 09:44 PM UTC

    Trustee is now operational! This update was created by an automated monitoring service.

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Major June 4, 2026

Mail Archive outage

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 04, 2026, 06:32 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 04, 2026, 06:52 PM UTC
Duration
20m
Affected: Mail Archive
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jun 04, 2026, 06:32 PM UTC

    Mail Archive cannot be accessed at the moment. This incident was created by an automated monitoring service.

  2. resolved Jun 04, 2026, 06:52 PM UTC

    Mail Archive is now operational! This update was created by an automated monitoring service.

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Major June 4, 2026

Datatracker outage

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 04, 2026, 06:32 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 04, 2026, 06:42 PM UTC
Duration
10m
Affected: Datatracker
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jun 04, 2026, 06:32 PM UTC

    Datatracker cannot be accessed at the moment. This incident was created by an automated monitoring service.

  2. resolved Jun 04, 2026, 06:42 PM UTC

    Datatracker is now operational! This update was created by an automated monitoring service.

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Minor April 30, 2026

IMAP IPv6 issues

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 30, 2026, 07:17 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 30, 2026, 07:22 AM UTC
Duration
5m
Affected: Mail Services (IMAP)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Apr 30, 2026, 07:17 AM UTC

    IMAP cannot be accessed over IPv6 at the moment. This incident was created by an automated monitoring service.

  2. resolved Apr 30, 2026, 07:22 AM UTC

    IMAP is now operational over IPv6! This update was created by an automated monitoring service.

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Major March 23, 2026

Zulip outage

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 23, 2026, 01:09 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 23, 2026, 01:09 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Mar 23, 2026, 01:09 AM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 10 minutes Affected Components: Zulip Mar 23, 01:09:13 GMT+0 - Investigating - Zulip cannot be accessed at the moment. This incident was created by an automated monitoring service. Mar 23, 01:19:14 GMT+0 - Resolved - Zulip is now operational! This update was created by an automated monitoring service.

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Minor August 18, 2025

Zulip migration

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 18, 2025, 09:15 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 18, 2025, 09:15 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Aug 18, 2025, 09:15 PM UTC

    Type: Maintenance Duration: 8 minutes Affected Components: Zulip Aug 18, 21:15:01 GMT+0 - Identified - Maintenance is now in progress Aug 18, 21:23:13 GMT+0 - Completed - Maintenance has completed successfully. Aug 18, 21:15:00 GMT+0 - Identified - We are planning for a scheduled maintenance during that time.

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Minor August 14, 2025

Datatracker and Mail Archive Cloud Migration

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 14, 2025, 07:00 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 14, 2025, 07:00 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Aug 14, 2025, 07:00 PM UTC

    Type: Maintenance Duration: 1 hour and 8 minutes Affected Components: Datatracker, Mail Archive Aug 14, 19:00:00 GMT+0 - Identified - We are planning for a scheduled maintenance during that time to allow for a change in the underlying cloud infrastructure, improving performance, reliability, and manageability of the affected services. Datatracker and Mail Archive will be inaccessible during that time. Furthermore, authentication via Datatracker will not be possible for any service that relies on it. Aug 14, 20:07:47 GMT+0 - Completed - Maintenance has completed successfully. Aug 14, 19:00:01 GMT+0 - Identified - Maintenance is now in progress

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Minor July 10, 2025

Upgrading the infrastructure hosting datatracker.ietf.org, mailarchive.ietf.org, and www.ietf.org in preparation for IETF123

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 10, 2025, 07:45 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 10, 2025, 07:45 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Jul 10, 2025, 07:45 PM UTC

    Type: Maintenance Duration: 1 hour Affected Components: IETF Website, Datatracker, Mail Archive Jul 10, 19:45:00 GMT+0 - Identified - These services will return as soon as possible. Jul 10, 20:45:00 GMT+0 - Completed - Maintenance is completed.

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