After getting fired from ungrateful AWS after outage where my job was to vibecode all the DNS entries to IPv6, happy to announce it's my 1st day at AzureAzure recognizes the value of vibecoding IPv6 DNS and I just force pushed my first 1m entriesNow off to grab some coffee October 29, 2025
Impacted by the outage? Drop me an email at stephen.warwick@futurenet.com – tell me where you are and how the outage is affecting you.
Starting at approximately 16:00 UTC, we began experiencing Azure Front Door (AFD) issues resulting in a loss of availability of some services. We suspect that an inadvertent configuration change as the trigger event for this issue.
We are taking several concurrent actions: Firstly, where we are blocking all changes to the AFD services, this includes customer configuration changes as well. At the same time, we are rolling back our AFD configuration to our last known good state. As we rollback we want to ensure that the problematic configuration doesn't re-initiate upon recovery.
Customers may have experienced problems accessing the Azure management portal. We have failed the portal away from AFD to mitigate the portal access issues. Customers should be able to access the Azure management portal directly, while all portal extensions are working correctly there may be a small number of endpoints that might have a problem loading (i.e. Marketplace).
We do not have an ETA for when the rollback will be completed, but we will update this communication within 30 minutes or when we have an update.
A quick glance at Downdetector reveals just how many facets of the internet rely on critical cloud infrastructure that can fail at a moment's notice. Also, the variety of outcomes is quite something. For instance, Minecraft users are reporting issues connecting to servers, while BT customers in the UK can't use their emails, and for those doing online grocery shopping, it's websites that are failing. Trying to grab your coffee? The Starbucks app is down.
The internet broke and hundreds of you rushed to Downdetector to report that AWS wasn't working, which says a lot about how Amazon Web Services has become synonymous with the workings (and the not-workings) of the internet in recent years.
Microsoft has confirmed that the outage is a 'Critical' incident across all of the aforementioned regions for both Azure Front door and Network Infrastructure.
Microsoft has confirmed it doesn't have an ETA for a resolution to the outage, but has one support pointer for affected customers.
While we dont have an ETA yet. customers can consider implementing failover strategies with Azure Traffic Manager, to fail over from Azure Front Door to your origins: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/guide/networking/global-web-applications/overview
One reader who wished to remain anonymous has been in touch to confirm they're a tech lead on the implementation team for "one of the big payroll providers." The Azure/365 outage has hit internal workflows. "It’s a great time with our client’s processing payroll," they remarked sarcastically. An end-of-the-month crunch that's for sure!
Turns out Christopher is on his third Windows laptop in a week as he tries to pry himself away from his M1 Pro MacBook Pro. "I initially tried the Zenbook S16, but returned it because the speakers sounded terrible and the device felt too light and flimsy. Then I got the Lenovo Legion, which was powerful but too bulky for my needs — and again, the speakers were disappointing," buying advice to live by if anyone needs it.
"So when the Yoga 9i Pro started acting up during setup, I almost rushed back to Best Buy in a panic, thinking it was a sign I shouldn’t be switching to Windows at all." Thankfully, Christopher now knows that the Azure outage is to blame, so don't return it just yet!
Per Microsoft's own status history, today's outage would mark the third Azure incident in October alone, and the second related to Azure Front Door.
On October 9 AFD experienced issued in Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. However, impact was fairly minimal. An Azure portal outage on the same day impacted approximately 45% of customers .
Another email: Abbey is a database manager for a nonprofit in Denver, who tells me they're unable to access Raiser's Edge NXT. "Hoping for a quick solution!"
And just like that, Microsoft is working on a fix:
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/news/live/aws-outage-strikes-again-colossal-internet-breakdown-strikes-again#main
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