Linode Kubernetes Engine Standard and Enterprise provisioning failures in all regions

Update timeline

1. investigating Apr 16, 2026, 01:20 PM UTC

   Our team is investigating an emerging service issue affecting Linode Kubernetes Engine Standard and Enterprise in all regions. We will share additional updates as we have more information.

2. investigating Apr 16, 2026, 02:12 PM UTC

   Our team continues to investigate the issue with the Linode Kubernetes Engine. Affected customers may be unable to deploy new clusters or add new nodes to a cluster. We will share additional updates as we have more information. Customers can find more information on the Akamai Community at https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000013vgM6CAI

3. investigating Apr 16, 2026, 02:41 PM UTC

   Our team continues to investigate the issue affecting the Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE). We will share additional updates as we have more information. Customers can find more information on the Akamai Community at https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000013vgM6CAI

4. identified Apr 16, 2026, 03:10 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. Customers can find more information on the Akamai Community at https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000013vgM6CAI

5. identified Apr 16, 2026, 03:40 PM UTC

   Our team continues to work on implementing a fix for the issue affecting the Linode Kubernetes Engine. We will continue to provide updates until a solution is in place. Customers can find more information on the Akamai Community at https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000013vgM6CAI

6. identified Apr 16, 2026, 04:09 PM UTC

   As of 15:53 UTC on April 16, 2026 we are starting to see nodes successfully provisioning, however the service is not fully back up yet. Some customers may remain impacted at this time. We are working to stabilize the service, and will provide another update within the next 30 minutes. Customers can find more information on the Akamai Community at https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a7000013vgM6CAI

7. monitoring Apr 16, 2026, 04:53 PM UTC

   As of 16:27 UTC on April 16, 2026 we have corrected the issues affecting the LKE service. The issue was caused by an expired certificate, which has been updated. We will be monitoring this to ensure that it remains stable. If you continue to experience problems, please open a Support ticket for assistance.

8. resolved Apr 17, 2026, 01:30 PM UTC

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

9. postmortem Apr 21, 2026, 02:24 AM UTC

   Starting at 11:45 UTC on April 16, 2026, customers using Linode Kubernetes Engine \(LKE\) and Linode Kubernetes Engine Enterprise \(LKE-E\) began to experience issues deploying LKE and LKE-E clusters and nodes. The affected customers were unable to deploy new nodes, which also prevented them from recycling nodes and autoscaling clusters. The investigation revealed that a credential expiry caused the authentication failures. Our subject matter experts \(SMEs\) created new credentials and deployed them to mitigate the impact. The issue was mitigated at around 16:27 UTC on April 16, 2026, following the credential rotation. We are continuing to investigate the root cause of what led to this credential expiry and will take appropriate preventive actions. We apologize for the impact and thank you for your patience and continued support. We are committed to making continuous improvements to make our systems better and prevent recurrence. 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.