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Dumpster ignited Nov 12, 2026, 12:54 PM ET. Burning for 00:00:00

Peak: 130,000+ Outlook reports on Downdetector at 1:27 PM ET. Incident IDs EX1550543 / MO1550821.

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Incident Timeline - Nov 12, 2026

2:07 PM ET

Still burning - 97,000+ Outlook reports, 38,000+ Microsoft 365, 4,500 Teams. "We're aggressively pursuing all pathways to reduce impact." All deployments paused. Reuters

1:27 PM ET

Peak - Downdetector logs 130,000+ Outlook reports and 46,000+ Microsoft 365 reports. Downdetector: Outlook · Downdetector: Microsoft 365 · Downdetector: Teams

12:54 PM ET

Ignition - Microsoft acknowledges connectivity errors on Exchange Online (EX1550543, MO1550821). Cause: "a number of servers being unexpectedly unavailable; straining the remaining infrastructure." Servers failing their own health checks. @MSFT365Status · Microsoft 365 Status · Tom's Guide live blog

9:24 AM ET

Foreshadowing - CISA confirms active exploitation of an Outlook zero-day, CVE-2026-124194. Crafted message file, no external-content warning, leaks auth data. Unrelated, probably. @The_Cyber_News · Cyber Security News

Earlier

Resolved - A Teams issue was fixed this morning. That one is fine. Everything else is in the dumpster.

Coverage

Downdetector: Outlook Downdetector: Microsoft 365 Downdetector: Teams Microsoft 365 Status (slow) How-To Geek iTnews Investing.com

90-Day Uptime (we started looking today)

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