Linode experienced a minor incident on November 18, 2025 affecting US-East (Newark) Linode Kubernetes Engine and US-Central (Dallas) Linode Kubernetes Engine and 1 more component, lasting 2h 56m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Nov 18, 2025, 07:02 AM UTC
Our team is investigating an emerging issue affecting certain workloads on Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE). A recent platform update may be contributing to unexpected resource-limit behavior for some customer pods, potentially leading to degraded performance or connection-related errors. We are actively assessing the impact and working toward a mitigation. Further updates will be shared as soon as more information is available.
- identified Nov 18, 2025, 07:59 AM UTC
Our team has identified a patch fix that will correct the unexpected resource-limit behavior. We are currently reviewing the patch fix for release and deployment. Further updates will be shared as soon as more information is available.
- identified Nov 18, 2025, 09:14 AM UTC
Our team is deploying the patch fix that was determined previously. Further updates will be shared post deploying the fix.
- resolved Nov 18, 2025, 09:58 AM UTC
Our team deployed a fix and we haven’t observed any additional issues with the LKE service, and will now consider this incident resolved. We do recommend recycling the new nodes that were created post 4:00 UTC today. If you continue to experience problems, please open a Support ticket for assistance.