Mailgun incident: GCP Reporting Multi Service Outage in US-West1

Affected components

• Events & Logs
• Outbound Delivery

1. resolvedAug 20, 2026, 17:31 UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

2. monitoringAug 20, 2026, 17:09 UTC

   GCP has put a mitigation in place, we are monitoring the results. At this time we are experiencing no impacts. All delayed webhooks and logs have been processed.

3. monitoringAug 20, 2026, 16:30 UTC

   Outbound delivery is operating normally. Currently there are delays for event logs and some webhooks.

4. monitoringAug 20, 2026, 16:19 UTC

   Mailgun is monitoring service impacts in GCP's us-west1 region. We are routing traffic away from impacted infrastructure. Currently we are seeing delays in log processing and a small number of message sends.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in Mailgun's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.

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How often does Mailgun have incidents?

Mailgun reported 8 incidents in the last 90 days, 3 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 1h 1m. See Mailgun's uptime and incident history