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    46 recorded Lmax incidents since July 2019, with official updates, affected components, duration and resolution information.

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    www.lmax.com – Partial Availability Issue

    Started October 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM UTC · 18m

    Pending
    1. October 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM UTCidentified

      The LMAX website (www.lmax.com) is currently unavailable for some users due to necessary changes to the hosting engine. We apologise for the inconvenience and are working to restore full access. We will provide an update shortly.

    2. October 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

    3. October 16, 2026 at 3:11 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    LMAX Perpetual Futures - Pricing Incident

    Started May 22, 2026 at 6:49 AM UTC · 2h 28m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Market Data
    1. May 22, 2026 at 6:49 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are investigating market data related incident that has started at 06:09 UTC

    2. May 22, 2026 at 8:11 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating alternative solutions to restore service.

    3. May 22, 2026 at 9:18 AM UTCresolved

      Services are now restored.

    LMAX SWAPS X-Bridge Related incident

    Started May 18, 2026 at 9:07 AM UTC · 2h 9m

    Pending
    1. May 18, 2026 at 9:07 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating the issue. Front End application is not affected by this incident. More updates to follow shortly.

    2. May 18, 2026 at 9:51 AM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been successfully implemented and service is restored. We are currently monitoring the system.

    3. May 18, 2026 at 11:16 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Prematurely closed UAT Maintenance

    Started May 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM UTC · 1h 58m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    LMAX Exchange UAT
    1. May 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM UTCidentified

      We apologise for the downtime. The cause is unexpectedly prolonged maintenance that involved patching the underlying servers against some of the recent serious vulnerabilities. While we have been solving hiccups and gremlins we discovered during the patching, unfortunately the pre-set maintenance template resolved it automatically. Please accept our apologies. ETA: 1h.

    2. May 14, 2026 at 3:11 PM UTCresolved

      The extended UAT maintenance has been completed successfuly. We have released a new version of the software and conducted other urgent maintenance. Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay.

    P1 - INC0024145 - PERPS issue in Prod and Demo

    Started April 30, 2026 at 3:59 AM UTC · 3h 24m

    Pending
    1. April 30, 2026 at 3:59 AM UTCinvestigating

      Please be aware of an ongoing P1 incident affecting PERPS in Demo and Production. This is affecting both revenue and client trading. The issue is being investigated as a priority. More information to follow shortly.

    2. April 30, 2026 at 5:03 AM UTCidentified

      Re this ongoing incident, further to investigation, we have now identified a root cause. An emergency change is being prepared to resolve the issue, and we plan to bring PERPS Demo and Production back up shortly.

    3. April 30, 2026 at 7:23 AM UTCresolved

      Resolved: Release was pushed to both PERPS Demo and Production and we are back up and running now.

    LMAX Global: Crypto Deposits in Broker

    Started April 29, 2026 at 1:25 PM UTC · 1h 41m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Payments
    1. April 29, 2026 at 1:25 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating the issue where Crypto deposits are not showing full ledger information for Broker Clients.

    2. April 29, 2026 at 2:23 PM UTCidentified

      The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

    3. April 29, 2026 at 2:54 PM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

    4. April 29, 2026 at 3:06 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    UAT Maintenance

    Started March 5, 2026 at 9:52 AM UTC · 1h 54m

    Pending
    Affected components
    LMAX Exchange UAT
    1. March 5, 2026 at 9:52 AM UTCinvestigating

      We will be undergoing scheduled maintenance during this time.

    2. March 5, 2026 at 11:46 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Internet Connectivity problem

    Started February 20, 2026 at 6:51 PM UTC · 56m

    Pending
    1. February 20, 2026 at 6:51 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are investigating incident related to internet connectivity.

    2. February 20, 2026 at 7:17 PM UTCmonitoring

      We have recorded impact on the internet based services in London between 18:36 and 18:46 DST. We are currently monitoring the situation.

    3. February 20, 2026 at 7:47 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Delays in external emails sent from lmax.com and lmaxdigital.com

    Started February 2, 2026 at 12:49 PM UTC · 19h 9m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Communications (Phones, Emails, Live Chat)
    1. February 2, 2026 at 12:49 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are investigating an incident impacting emails sent from lmax.com and lmaxdigital.com domains to external contacts.

    2. February 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM UTCmonitoring

      We have implemented a fix earlier this morning and are gradually recovering external outbound email service.

    3. February 2, 2026 at 3:53 PM UTCmonitoring

      We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

    4. February 3, 2026 at 7:58 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Perpetual Futures FIX Trading

    Started January 14, 2026 at 1:24 PM UTC · 47m

    Pending
    1. January 14, 2026 at 1:24 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating incident related to Perpetual Futures FIX trading.

    2. January 14, 2026 at 2:01 PM UTCmonitoring

      We are monitoring the incident after applying the fix.

    3. January 14, 2026 at 2:10 PM UTCresolved

      The incident has been resolved.

    PD #1525: Digital broker's custodian 2 integration has stopped detecting deposits after kit44 patch release.

    Started December 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM UTC · 35m

    Pending
    Affected components
    Payments
    1. December 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM UTCidentified

      The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

    2. December 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM UTCresolved

      We are pleased to announce the incident has now been resolved. We investigated the issue, identified a fix, raised a change request for the proposed resolution and actioned the change. This has been tested and confirmed resolved.

    Java API rejections in London Professional

    Started December 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM UTC · 1h 41m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Market Data
    1. December 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM UTCinvestigating

      Some clients reported rejections from https://api.lmaxtrader.com.

    2. December 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM UTCmonitoring

      We have created a workaround for the issue. Some clients confirmed connectivity.

    3. December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    DFX Trading Portal is unavailable

    Started November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM UTC · 43m

    Pending
    1. November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM UTCidentified

      Please note that DFX Trading Portal is currently unavailable. Please contact support if you wish to place a trade.

    2. November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM UTCresolved

      The incident has been resolved as of 14:42 UTC.

    LMAX Global Trading platform down

    Started November 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM UTC · 56m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Trading Portal (GUI)
    1. November 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM UTCinvestigating

      we are currently investigating the issue. Should have you have any issues logging in please do not hesitate to contact our LMAX Client Services team.

    2. November 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM UTCresolved

      Please note this incident is now resolved. For further queries, please do hesitate to contact our LMAX Client Services team via [email protected] or via +44 20 3192 2555.

    Perpetual Futures Order Entry UAT Outage

    Started November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM UTC · 4h 3m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    LMAX Perpetual Futures UAT
    1. November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. November 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM UTCidentified

      The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

    3. November 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

    4. November 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Pyth price not updating in Perpetual Futures

    Started August 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM UTC · 0m

    Pending
    1. August 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM UTCresolved

      Trading was briefly suspended on the Production Perpetual Futures Exchange due to an issue connecting to a third-party pricing source. All functionality has now resumed; markets were opened at 13:55 BST.

    Issue with Crypto Deposits on LMAX Digital

    Started June 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM UTC · 54m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Payments
    1. June 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating the issue

    2. June 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM UTCresolved

      this incident has now been resolved.

    MT4 Retail intermittent issue

    Started July 19, 2024 at 6:13 AM UTC · 2h 51m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    MT4
    1. July 19, 2024 at 6:13 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating incident impacting MT4 Retail service.

    2. July 19, 2024 at 8:12 AM UTCmonitoring

      We have implemented the workaround and are monitoring the incident

    3. July 19, 2024 at 9:04 AM UTCresolved

      The incident has been resolved

    LMAX Live chat unavailable on website

    Started July 8, 2024 at 8:14 PM UTC · 50m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Communications (Phones, Emails, Live Chat)
    1. July 8, 2024 at 8:14 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating the issue with Live Chat. For urgent queries, please contact us via phone on + 44 20 3192 2555

    2. July 8, 2024 at 9:03 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has now been resolved

    Potential Incident: Intermittent Cloudflare connectivity issue

    Started June 20, 2024 at 7:30 PM UTC · 53m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Internet connectivity
    1. June 20, 2024 at 7:30 PM UTCidentified

      There is currently an intermittent issue affecting some of services fronted by Cloudflare. Clients who are using impacted services will be getting 502 errors. This issue is logged on Cloudflare status page: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/p7l6rrbhysck We are monitoring the issue and are prepared to take mitigation action should the problem worsen.

    2. June 20, 2024 at 8:05 PM UTCidentified

      Cloudflare posted updated on their status page: The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented. Posted at 20:52 BST We are continuing to monitor the situation.

    3. June 20, 2024 at 8:18 PM UTCmonitoring

      A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the situation.

    4. June 20, 2024 at 8:22 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.