Optus SMS incident

Messaging Issue - Outage

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

Optus SMS experienced a minor incident on June 6, 2023 affecting Mobile Gateway (API), lasting 1h 28m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Jun 06, 2023, 05:50 AM UTC
Resolved
Jun 06, 2023, 07:19 AM UTC
Duration
1h 28m
Detected by Pingoru
Jun 06, 2023, 05:50 AM UTC

Affected components

Mobile Gateway (API)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Jun 06, 2023, 05:50 AM UTC

    We observed an issue affecting our customer's messages at 15:12 AEST (05:12 UTC); this issue has since been resolved at approximately 15:19 AEST (05:19 UTC). We are continuing to monitor for any further instances of this issue and are currently investigating the root cause. We will post any updates as soon as they are available, and we apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you require further information, please contact our support team. Regards, Optus SMS Support Team

  2. investigating Jun 06, 2023, 06:01 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. resolved Jun 06, 2023, 07:19 AM UTC

    We are pleased to inform customers that our messaging service has been restored. The cause of the interruption was identified as a brief disruption with a part of our infrastructure, which was quickly auto-recovered. The confirmed time of full service being restored was 15:19 AEST (05:19 UTC). During this period of interruption, some messages would have failed to queue in our system. We will continue to monitor the system over the coming days. If you require further information, please contact our support team. Regards, Optus SMS Support Team