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    50 recorded Perimeterx incidents since April 2020, with official updates, affected components, duration and resolution information.

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    Partial degradation of detection engine

    Started June 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM UTC · 2h 44m

    Pending
    Affected components
    Realtime DashboardsRealtime DashboardsCloud DetectorCloud DetectorCloud Detector
    1. June 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are experiencing an issue with an upstream cloud provider impacting our detection engine. We are in the process of investigating and deploying mitigations

    2. June 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM UTCinvestigating

      Due to the issues encountered and as a precautionary measure, we have switched the system to bypass mode. We are continuing to monitor the situation and are working on further mitigations.

    3. June 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM UTCmonitoring

      In line with the recovery of the cloud provider, our systems are also beginning to recover. We are monitoring the results closely and, as a precautionary measure, will remain in bypass mode.

    4. June 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM UTCresolved

      The issue has been resolved, and all services have returned to full operational status.

    Possible degradation of the cloud detector

    Started March 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM UTC · 6h 38m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Cloud DetectorCloud Detector
    1. March 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM UTCinvestigating

      Possible partial degradation of the cloud detector potentially impacting console visibility and detection

    2. March 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM UTCmonitoring

      Due to an infrastructure issue the system experienced slowness which impacts console visibility. A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring results. No impact on detection.

    3. March 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM UTCresolved

      Resolved - The infrastructure issue has been resolved, and all systems are operating normally.

    Networking issues impacting mobile traffic detection

    Started June 11, 2024 at 3:17 PM UTC · 13m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Cloud Detector
    1. June 11, 2024 at 3:17 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are experiencing network issues that impacts mobile traffic detection

    2. June 11, 2024 at 3:23 PM UTCidentified

      The issue has been identified and a fix was implemented at 15:10 UTC

    3. June 11, 2024 at 3:28 PM UTCmonitoring

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

    4. June 11, 2024 at 3:30 PM UTCresolved

      The incident has been resolved, System is fully recovered

    Possible issue impacting system performance

    Started May 16, 2024 at 11:41 PM UTC · 2h 29m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Realtime DashboardsRealtime DashboardsPortal LoginCloud DetectorCustomer Support Ticketing systemCloud DetectorInvestigation portalDocumentation WebsiteJS SensorData and Logs ExportPublic WebsiteAlerting ServiceJS SensorCloud DetectorCloud Detector
    1. May 16, 2024 at 11:41 PM UTCinvestigating

      We're aware of an issue that might be affecting our system and are working on a resolution

    2. May 16, 2024 at 11:44 PM UTCinvestigating

      We have identified the issue and we are actively working towards recovering the system.

    3. May 17, 2024 at 12:08 AM UTCidentified

      We have identified the issue and we are actively working towards recovering the system.

    4. May 17, 2024 at 12:35 AM UTCidentified

      Due to a cloud issue, we've experienced a small data loss between approximately 23:00 and 00:00 UTC. In addition we had a minor impact on detection in that window. Both issues are back to normal and we are continuously monitoring the cloud issue.

    5. May 17, 2024 at 1:28 AM UTCmonitoring

      Detected issues are back to normal and we are continuously monitoring a minor cloud networking issue.

    6. May 17, 2024 at 2:09 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Retroactive - Impacted detection and console visibility

    Started March 6, 2024 at 9:51 AM UTC · 52m

    IssuesMinor incident
    1. March 6, 2024 at 9:51 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. March 6, 2024 at 10:43 AM UTCresolved

      Due to a faulty backend configuration the system experienced partial data loss from 08:00 to 10:45 UTC along with temporary false negatives from 09:28 to 09:50 UTC Since the incident the system is back to normal and fully stable

    Networking Issues

    Started February 9, 2024 at 4:25 AM UTC · 1h 19m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Realtime DashboardsCloud DetectorCloud DetectorCloud Detector
    1. February 9, 2024 at 4:25 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are experiencing network issues in several regions, which are being investigated.

    2. February 9, 2024 at 4:44 AM UTCidentified

      We have identified and traced the network issue to our Cloud Vendor's load balancer. We are actively working towards recovering the system. In the meantime, customers should expect an elevated number of 5xx errors, which will cause the detection engine to operate in a fail-open mode

    3. February 9, 2024 at 4:55 AM UTCmonitoring

      We have implemented a fix to restore the system and are currently monitoring its performance. The system should be fully operational within a few minutes.

    4. February 9, 2024 at 5:44 AM UTCresolved

      The issues have been resolved, and the system is now fully operational

    Data Processing Delays - Reporting Tools Affected

    Started January 10, 2024 at 1:03 PM UTC · 57m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Realtime DashboardsRealtime DashboardsData and Logs Export
    1. January 10, 2024 at 1:03 PM UTCinvestigating

      Our data processing infrastructure is running behind which is causing inaccuracies in the reporting tools

    2. January 10, 2024 at 1:59 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are continuing to investigate this issue.

    3. January 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    We're aware of a problem with admin console affecting a subset of customers

    Started October 5, 2023 at 3:40 PM UTC · 5h 10m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Realtime DashboardsRealtime DashboardsInvestigation portal
    1. October 5, 2023 at 3:40 PM UTCinvestigating

      We're aware of a problem with admin console affecting a subset of customers

    2. October 5, 2023 at 5:18 PM UTCidentified

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

    3. October 5, 2023 at 8:51 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    We're aware of a problem with admin console affecting a subset of customers

    Started August 16, 2023 at 1:10 PM UTC · 3h 7m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Realtime Dashboards
    1. August 16, 2023 at 1:10 PM UTCidentified

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

    2. August 16, 2023 at 4:17 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    PerimeterX external support chat system Is down

    Started June 2, 2023 at 3:49 AM UTC · 15h 28m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Customer Support Ticketing system
    1. June 2, 2023 at 3:49 AM UTCinvestigating

      The PerimeterX external support chat system (Slack) is currently experiencing performance issues. [email protected] email ticketing system is unaffected, and may still be used for support communications.

    2. June 2, 2023 at 7:05 PM UTCmonitoring

      At this time any issues our partners may have experienced related to access or logging into your dedicated Slack channel or space should be resolved. However, if you are still experiencing issues related to access or Slack channel login, please reach out to your customer success point of contact via email, or submit an escalation directly to [email protected]. Additionally, by phone at +1-650-620-7800 (press 2 for support). We sincerely appreciate your patience and support.

    3. June 2, 2023 at 7:18 PM UTCresolved

      At this time any issues our partners may have experienced related to access or logging into your dedicated Slack channel or space should be resolved. However, if you are still experiencing issues related to access or Slack channel login, please reach out to your customer success point of contact via email, or submit an escalation directly to [email protected]. Additionally, by phone at +1-650-620-7800 (press 2 for support). We sincerely appreciate your patience and support.

    Portal Login Errors - SSO users might not be able to login to the Portal

    Started May 22, 2023 at 5:40 AM UTC · 1h 24m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Portal Login
    1. May 22, 2023 at 5:40 AM UTCidentified

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

    2. May 22, 2023 at 7:04 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Admin console isn't available

    Started May 17, 2023 at 11:03 AM UTC · 29m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    Realtime DashboardsInvestigation portal
    1. May 17, 2023 at 11:03 AM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. May 17, 2023 at 11:31 AM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Portal login errors; Portal is showing partial results

    Started February 27, 2023 at 12:48 PM UTC · 2h 13m

    IssuesMinor incident
    Affected components
    Portal Login
    1. February 27, 2023 at 12:48 PM UTCidentified

      There is an issue to login to the portal for customers using Okta OIDC SSO; Portal is showing partial results

    2. February 27, 2023 at 1:47 PM UTCidentified

      We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

    3. February 27, 2023 at 3:01 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Data lag in the bot-defender portal

    Started January 9, 2023 at 4:42 PM UTC · 4h 51m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Realtime DashboardsCloud Detector
    1. January 9, 2023 at 4:42 PM UTCidentified

      We are aware of an issue which started at 15:15 UTC that affected detection accuracy and resulted in an increase in false negatives. The issue was identified and we are actively working on remediating the situation.

    2. January 9, 2023 at 6:17 PM UTCidentified

      The issue that affected detection accuracy and resulted in an increase in false negatives was resolved. There is a data lag in bot-defender portal. The team is currently working to reduce the data lag currently affecting the delayed or missing data in our console dashboards.

    3. January 9, 2023 at 9:10 PM UTCidentified

      We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

    4. January 9, 2023 at 9:34 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Data lag in the bot-defender portal

    Started August 23, 2022 at 1:31 PM UTC · 1h 58m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Cloud Detector
    1. August 23, 2022 at 1:31 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. August 23, 2022 at 3:30 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Backend configuration issue

    Started August 16, 2022 at 10:01 AM UTC · 0m

    Pending
    Affected components
    Realtime DashboardsCloud DetectorData and Logs ExportAlerting ServiceCloud Detector
    1. August 16, 2022 at 10:01 AM UTCresolved

      We are aware of a backend configuration issue started 08:07 UTC, that affected detection accuracy and resulted in an increase in false positive and false negative cases. The issue was identified and fully remediated on 09:35 UTC (partial remediation to allow exoneration already achieved on 08:30 UTC).

    Admin console isn't available

    Started June 21, 2022 at 1:57 PM UTC · 2h 33m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    Realtime DashboardsPortal LoginInvestigation portal
    1. June 21, 2022 at 1:57 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. June 21, 2022 at 3:30 PM UTCidentified

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

    3. June 21, 2022 at 4:31 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Network outage

    Started April 13, 2022 at 1:33 PM UTC · 2h 14m

    OutageCritical incident
    Affected components
    Cloud DetectorData and Logs ExportJS SensorCloud Detector
    1. April 13, 2022 at 1:33 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are currently investigating this issue.

    2. April 13, 2022 at 1:36 PM UTCinvestigating

      We are continuing to investigate this issue.

    3. April 13, 2022 at 1:49 PM UTCinvestigating

      Network outage. Customers should expect elevated amounts of 5xx responses from our backend and 502 errors in JS sensor requests

    4. April 13, 2022 at 2:10 PM UTCidentified

      The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented. The rate of 5xx is expected to start decreasing

    5. April 13, 2022 at 2:40 PM UTCmonitoring

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

    6. April 13, 2022 at 2:42 PM UTCmonitoring

      We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

    7. April 13, 2022 at 2:44 PM UTCmonitoring

      Customers should expect to receive 200 responses as usual on all systems.

    8. April 13, 2022 at 3:12 PM UTCmonitoring

      Cloud detection is fully operational. Data is missing for reporting causing inaccurate data to be presented in the console.

    9. April 13, 2022 at 3:38 PM UTCmonitoring

      All systems are fully operational

    10. April 13, 2022 at 3:47 PM UTCresolved

      This incident has been resolved.

    Disabling portal login access

    Started March 22, 2022 at 8:55 AM UTC · 4h 25m

    OutageMajor incident
    Affected components
    Portal Login
    1. March 22, 2022 at 8:55 AM UTCidentified

      We have identified a security incident with one of our authentication vendors. As we analyze the impact, we have disabled the authentication with the portal. You can reach out to our support if needed in the meantime.

    2. March 22, 2022 at 8:55 AM UTCidentified

      We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

    3. March 22, 2022 at 10:43 AM UTCidentified

      Our analysis so far shows no compromise or risk to any of our users. We will issue any update on return to service plan within the hour.

    4. March 22, 2022 at 1:19 PM UTCresolved

      We have completed the review. No risk was found. Everything was restored.

    Retroactive - Elevated Challenge Solve Rates

    Started March 1, 2022 at 7:30 AM UTC · 0m

    Pending
    1. March 1, 2022 at 1:20 PM UTCresolved

      Earlier today (2022-03-01) our system experienced elevated challenge solve rates from 9:40 to 10:40 UTC The issue has been fully mitigated