Service Issue - Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE)

Update timeline

1. investigating Apr 24, 2026, 07:27 PM UTC

   Our team is investigating an emerging service issue affecting the Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) service across multiple regions. We will share additional updates as we have more information.

2. identified Apr 24, 2026, 08:19 PM UTC

   Our team has identified the issue affecting the LKE service. We are working quickly to implement a fix, and we will provide an update as soon as the solution is in place.

3. identified Apr 24, 2026, 08:48 PM UTC

   Our team has identified that due to this issue, customers may also experience issues creating new nodebalancers. We are working quickly to implement a fix, and we will provide an update as soon as the solution is in place.

4. identified Apr 24, 2026, 09:46 PM UTC

   Our team has identified the issue affecting the LKE and newly updated/created NodeBalancer configurations. We are working quickly to implement a fix, and we will provide an update as soon as the solution is in place.

5. identified Apr 24, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC

   We are continuing work to apply the identified fix the issue affecting the LKE and newly updated/created NodeBalancer configurations and we will provide an update as soon as the solution is in place.

6. identified Apr 24, 2026, 11:06 PM UTC

   We are continuing work to apply the identified fix the issue affecting the LKE and newly updated/created NodeBalancer configurations and we will provide an update as soon as the solution is in place.

7. monitoring Apr 24, 2026, 11:53 PM UTC

   At this time we have been able to correct the issues affecting the NodeBalancer service at 23:36 UTC on April 24, 2026. We will be monitoring this to ensure that it remains stable. If you continue to experience problems, please open a ticket with our Support Team.

8. resolved Apr 28, 2026, 03:16 PM UTC

   We haven’t observed any additional issues with the LKE and NodeBalancer services and will now consider this incident resolved. If you continue to experience problems, please open a Support ticket for assistance.

9. postmortem Apr 30, 2026, 07:42 PM UTC

   On April 24, 2026, between 17:57 UTC and 23:36 UTC, NodeBalancer infrastructure experienced a service degradation caused by NodeBalancer configuration identifiers exceeding a programmed limit. This issue degraded functionality for newly created and updated NodeBalancers and rendered Linode Kubernetes Engine \(LKE\) clusters inaccessible via the UI. Any autoscaling activity, NodeBalancer creation, or modification \(such as adding or removing nodes\) triggered the generation of configuration identifiers beyond the supported threshold, resulting in further degradation. The impact extended to downstream services such as LKE. Akamai identified the root cause and deployed a fix across all data centers by 23:36 UTC on April 24, 2026. To prevent this issue from reoccurring, Akamai will investigate, document, and update related NodeBalancer behaviors where applicable. Other software load balancer \(SLB\) and NodeBalancer-related programmatic limits will also be investigated. This summary provides an overview of our current understanding of the incident given the information available. Our investigation is ongoing and any information herein is subject to change.