On February 4, 2026, starting at 14:43 UTC, users accessing gb-lon-1.linodeobjects.com experienced increased error rates due to an issue with one of the storage backends supporting the London Object Storage service. During this period, success rates dropped to between 93% and 95%.
Our team identified that one of the six storage backends was experiencing problems, which affected service availability. The affected components recovered on their own, and service success rates returned to normal by 15:19 UTC.
We are continuing to investigate the underlying cause of the backend issue and will implement additional safeguards to help prevent similar incidents. Thank you for your patience as we work to enhance service reliability.
This summary reflects our current understanding of the incident. Our investigation is ongoing, and details may be updated as more information becomes available.