On August 13, 2026, between approximately 14:30 and 16:30 UTC, Akamai experienced an issue affecting Linode Kubernetes Engine Enterprise (LKE-E) cluster provisioning and deployment in the Seattle (SEA1) region. During this time, customers attempting to create new clusters encountered failures or delays. In some cases, clusters were created but nodes were not fully provisioned, while in others, the control plane responsible for managing the cluster could not be deployed.

Akamai identified the issue through customer reports, which was then validated by reproducing the failures in Seattle-based test clusters. Other regions continued to operate normally, and no existing customer workloads were impacted.

By around 16:30 UTC on August 13, 2026, cluster provisioning and deployment in the Seattle region returned to normal, allowing new cluster creations to proceed without issue. After recovery, we monitored the region for several days and began a technical investigation into the service disruption. Initial findings indicate a correlation between the issue and a recent network configuration update that occurred at approximately 14:30 UTC and was rolled back at approximately 14:45 UTC. Our current hypothesis suggests that a timing conflict during the cluster provisioning process may have triggered the failures. We are continuing to investigate the technical details to confirm the root cause.

We are continuing to investigate the technical details behind this issue and are working to ensure it does not recur. We will also review the scope of affected data centers and track corrective actions.

This summary provides an overview of our current understanding of the incident given the information available. Our investigation is ongoing and any information herein is subject to change.