losclouds research
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Today, May 14th, 2026, saw a significant number of outages across multiple cloud services, most notably affecting Namshi, Magazine Luiza, and NEAR Protocol. Multiple providers experienced issues, some of which were resolved, while others, like M-Pesa, remain critically impacted, displaying complete downtime. The total number of outages reported amounted to 21, with losclouds experiencing the highest frequency of issues—five outages in one day. Overall, availability across all monitored services showed a wide range of performance, reflecting challenges faced by various providers.
Major Incidents
Namshi
- Incident Details: Multiple outages detected.
- Timeline:
- First outage started at UTC 12:10 and lasted for 58 minutes.
- Subsequent outages occurred for 33 minutes, 1 hour 56 minutes, and 20 minutes, respectively.
- Impact: Namshi’s availability dropped to 85.57% over the last 24 hours, significantly impacting user access. The string of outages suggests that users may have faced repeated interruptions in service throughout the day.
Magazine Luiza
- Incident Details: Experienced multiple incidents affected by a prolonged outage.
- Timeline:
- On May 13th, the service faced nearly 24 hours of downtime.
- On May 14th, an additional outage was detected lasting 12 hours 50 minutes.
- Impact: Users reported degraded access for a total duration of over 36 hours, leading to a noticeable decrease in availability to 90.89% within the monitored period. The repeated interruptions likely affected transactions, potentially leading to user dissatisfaction.
NEAR Protocol
- Incident Details: Outage detected lasting 7 hours 37 minutes.
- Impact: With an overall availability score dropping to 93.88%, this extended downtime could have adversely affected users relying on this platform for various blockchain transactions and services.
Other Notable Incidents
- losclouds reported multiple outages throughout the day (five incidents in total), the longest being 52 minutes. The overall performance for losclouds stood at 94.90%, indicating sporadic issues while tracking other providers.
- Mojeek and Invidious both experienced significant downtime, with Mojeek posting a mere 77.78% uptime and Invidious at 84.54%. This marks them among the lower performers for the day.
M-Pesa remains in a serious state of disruption, with an ongoing outage since May 7th, resulting in a stark 0.00% uptime for the past week. User reports have highlighted significant concerns regarding access to this essential service.
By the Numbers
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total Outages | 21 |
| Total Providers Affected | 15 |
| Longest Outage Duration | 12h 50m (Magazine Luiza) |
| Worst Availability | 0.00% (M-Pesa) |
| Overall Critical Incidents | 2 |
| Providers with Uptime < 80% | 3 |
Looking Ahead
As we move forward, stakeholders should closely monitor the ongoing situation with M-Pesa and the recent stability of other services like Namshi and Magazine Luiza. With multiple outages reported today, assurance of resilience will be crucial for cloud providers to regain user trust. Additionally, we will keep an eye on any emerging issues or improvements in service reliability as we gather further data tomorrow.