INKY incident

Inadvertent routing of mail to quarantine/junk in EU

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

INKY experienced a minor incident on July 15, 2022 affecting Dashboard Services EU and Link Rewriting service and 1 more component, lasting 4h 23m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Jul 15, 2022, 02:25 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 15, 2022, 06:49 PM UTC
Duration
4h 23m
Detected by Pingoru
Jul 15, 2022, 02:25 PM UTC

Affected components

Dashboard Services EULink Rewriting serviceInky EU

Update timeline

  1. investigating Jul 15, 2022, 02:25 PM UTC

    At this time, we have determined that Inky domains in the EU is being flagged as dangerous incorrectly. This is causing Microsoft to immediately route any messages that contain a link with Inky EU domains into quarantine or junk. Our US-based service is unaffected. Inky has engaged Microsoft and is investigating corrective measures at this time.

  2. investigating Jul 15, 2022, 02:31 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. investigating Jul 15, 2022, 02:32 PM UTC

    Microsoft has determined that the listing was an error they have corrected the issue and are beginning an internal process to correct the error and properly deliver messages

  4. monitoring Jul 15, 2022, 03:42 PM UTC

    Microsoft has identified and begun internal remediation actions to correct the delivery of email incorrectly quarantined. Inky will continue to monitor the situation and has requested details from Microsoft on what caused the incorrect classification of domains.

  5. resolved Jul 15, 2022, 06:49 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.