WatchGuard incident
2026-07-23 - GLOBAL - DNS Activation services are degraded
WatchGuard experienced a minor incident on July 23, 2026 affecting Activations:::CORE, lasting 3h 19m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Jul 23, 2026, 09:51 AM UTC
We're investigating alerts on DNS Activation services. Once we determine the impact and scale of these errors we'll post our next update in 60 minutes, if not sooner.
- investigating Jul 23, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC
We are still working hard to resolve this event. Please check back at 30 minutes for updates. Thanks for your patience.
- identified Jul 23, 2026, 11:47 AM UTC
We continue to work on alerts on DNS Activation services and have identified the issue. Our teams are working to restore normal operations and we apologize for the impact this event has caused. We'll post our next update in 60 minutes, if not sooner.
- monitoring Jul 23, 2026, 12:39 PM UTC
Our systems show alerts on DNS Activation service are returning to normal and we're monitoring to ensure system stability. We'll post our next update in 30 minutes, if not sooner.
- monitoring Jul 23, 2026, 01:10 PM UTC
We are no longer experiencing alerts on DNS Activation service and this incident is now resolved. The service is operating normally at this time.
- resolved Jul 23, 2026, 01:11 PM UTC
We are no longer experiencing alerts on DNS Activation service and this incident is now resolved. The service is operating normally at this time.