Pexip incident
Unknown participant "t8" can appear on a Teams CVI call when a "Teams Consumer" participant joins a Teams meeting.
Pexip experienced a minor incident on April 30, 2026 affecting Connect for Microsoft Teams Meetings and Connect for Zoom Rooms and 1 more component, lasting 45d 19h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- identified Apr 30, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC
The issue can be seen on meetings where a Teams recorder bot is present. The unknown participant represents a new Teams recording bot. We are working to block this new bot ASAP.
- identified May 04, 2026, 10:16 AM UTC
Further explanation: The unknown teams participant (in some layouts, shown as the "t8" participant avatar) can appear to the Video Conference (CVI) participant, when a "Teams Consumer" user joins the meeting. The "t8" participant represents the Teams Consumer meeting recording bot, and should not be visible to the Video Conference (CVI) participant. There is no impact on meetings when only Teams Enterprise / Commercial / Business users are present.
- identified May 06, 2026, 11:03 AM UTC
We've already seen a reduction in the Teams Consumer recorder bots being added to meetings, and therefore the "t8" unexpected user is now very rarely seen on screen. A fix will be applied to the service within the next few weeks.
- resolved Jun 15, 2026, 08:05 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.