Azure OpenAI / Microsoft Foundry
Degraded

Azure OpenAI outage on October 26, 2026: what happened and how long it lasted

On October 26, 2026, Azure OpenAI / Microsoft Foundry had degraded performance between 00:32 and 09:38 UTC, about 9.1 h in total. No incident was posted on the official status page.

Live status

Timeline (UTC)

  1. MeasuredModelBank probes detect degraded performance
  2. MeasuredProbes back to normal (lasted 4 min)
  3. MeasuredModelBank probes detect degraded performance
  4. MeasuredProbes back to normal (lasted 9 min)
  5. MeasuredModelBank probes detect degraded performance
  6. MeasuredProbes back to normal (lasted 4 min)
  7. MeasuredModelBank probes detect degraded performance
  8. MeasuredProbes back to normal (lasted 4 min)
  9. MeasuredModelBank probes detect degraded performance
  10. MeasuredProbes back to normal (lasted 4 min)
  11. MeasuredModelBank probes detect degraded performance
  12. MeasuredProbes back to normal (lasted 4 min)
  13. MeasuredModelBank probes detect degraded performance
  14. MeasuredProbes back to normal (lasted 4 min)

Hourly measurements (UTC)

00:0012:0023:00

Also affected that day: Kimi

Was Azure OpenAI down on October 26, 2026?

On October 26, 2026, Azure OpenAI / Microsoft Foundry had degraded performance between 00:32 and 09:38 UTC, about 9.1 h in total. No incident was posted on the official status page.

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