Akamai Identity Cloud incident

Issue with tokens service maintenance on September 16, 2026

Resolved after 1 hour 24 minutes, affecting Australia and Canada and 1 more, on September 18, 2026.

identified Sep 18, 2026, 05:20 PM UTC

We identified an issue related to the tokens service maintenance performed on September 16, 2026. Some end-user sessions may not be honored for certain login policies that use custom claims. When this occurs, the end user must re-authenticate. We are rolling back the tokens service portion of this release to the previous version. We apologize for any confusion or disruption this may cause.

Started
Sep 18, 2026, 05:20 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 18, 2026, 06:45 PM UTC
Duration
1h 24m
Detected by Pingoru
Sep 18, 2026, 05:20 PM UTC

Affected components

AustraliaCanadaChinaEuropeJapanRussiaSingaporeUnited States

Update timeline

  1. identified Sep 18, 2026, 05:20 PM UTC

    We identified an issue related to the tokens service maintenance performed on September 16, 2026. Some end-user sessions may not be honored for certain login policies that use custom claims. When this occurs, the end user must re-authenticate. We are rolling back the tokens service portion of this release to the previous version. We apologize for any confusion or disruption this may cause.

  2. resolved Sep 18, 2026, 06:45 PM UTC

    Rollback is complete.

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