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Elevated inbound recipient rejected

Degraded Lasted 0m · started · Mailgun's page

Level
confirmed
Worst impact
Degraded
Regions
eu, us
Down Index
16of 100

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Updates from Mailgun 1

  1. resolved

    On November 13th, Mailgun incorrectly rejected a subset of inbound emails with a 550 "recipient rejected" error. Senders received bounce notifications even though delivery should have succeeded. Affected timeframes: US region: 05:14 to 06:41 UTC and 14:55 to 15:48 UTC EU region: 14:55 to 15:48 UTC Based on our analysis, approximately 25% of US inbound traffic and 50% of EU inbound traffic had a chance to have been impacted during these windows. We're unable to provide exact counts due to gaps in our logging for rejected inbound mail, which we have since corrected.

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Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about DWN-a3e6409643

Is Mailgun still down?

No, this incident was resolved 2025-11-13 10:30 UTC. For Mailgun's live state, see https://down.guide/mailgun.

How long did it last?

0m, from 2025-11-18 13:31 UTC to 2025-11-13 10:30 UTC, by the times Mailgun posted.

What was affected?

Mailgun named in eu, us.

What caused it?

Mailgun hasn't published a root cause. If it does, it shows here.

Where does this come from?

Mailgun's official status page, https://status.mailgun.com, quoted verbatim. down.guide's own probes, reports and social counts are labeled as ours.