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⚪ A router upgrade went full Shakespearean tragedy in the London data center, turning Object Storage into a 500-error vending machine for 12 minutes. The router got rebooted, dignity was not recovered, and files are back online. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)
// The official story
Service Issue - Object Storage
// Status page says
May 29 , 18:23 UTC Resolved - Starting at around 10:07 UTC on May 29, 2026, Object Storage in London became unavailable. Affected customers were unable to access Object Storage during this time, and may have seen 500 or similar errors. This occurred as the result of an issue with a planned router upgrade. The router has since been brought back online, and we can confirm that the issue was mitigated at 10:19 UTC on May 29,
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