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Outbound message delivery to Yahoo is delayed/slow

Degraded Lasted 3h 39m · started · SparkPost's page

Level
confirmed
Worst impact
Degraded
Components
SMTP Delivery - USA
Regions
us
Down Index
24of 100

What to do

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Updates from SparkPost 3

  1. investigating

    We are actively investigating a rise in delivery latency for outbound messages to Yahoo. Our current assessment indicates the issue may lie with Yahoo, and we are continuing to monitor the situation.

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  2. monitoring

    The delays have cleared up, as Yahoo appears to have resolved the issue. We will continue to monitor the situation.

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  3. resolved

    The delays have cleared up and we are no longer seeing delays for Yahoo.

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Corrections

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Questions about DWN-ea982e2707

Is SparkPost still down?

No, this incident was resolved 2025-07-24 21:20 UTC. For SparkPost's live state, see https://down.guide/sparkpost.

How long did it last?

3h 39m, from 2025-07-24 17:41 UTC to 2025-07-24 21:20 UTC, by the times SparkPost posted.

What was affected?

SparkPost named SMTP Delivery - USA in us.

What caused it?

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

Where does this come from?

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