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Today, May 18, 2026, saw significant disruptions across several services, most notably at Namshi and Mojeek. A total of 30 incidents were reported, including multiple outages affecting various platforms and tools. Namshi experienced a series of outages throughout the day, collectively amounting to substantial downtime, while Mojeek struggled with prolonged downtime as well. Other services, including Oh Dear and Microsoft Azure, also reported outages that have since been resolved. Below is a detailed account of the incidents that occurred.
Service Incidents
Incident Type: Outage (resolved)
Description: "Oh Dear outage detected"
Started: 2026-05-18
Duration: 6h 47m
Updates: 2
This incident was impactful due to the extended duration of the outage, leading to a substantial reduction in service availability.
Multiple incidents reported:
- Incident 1: Duration 25m
- Incident 2: Duration 2h 55m
- Incident 3: Duration 30m
- Incident 4: Duration 20m
- Incident 5: Duration 35m
- Incident 6: Duration 35m
- Incident 7: Duration 20m
- Incident 8: Duration 28m
With eight outages contributing to an overall uptime of 71.57%, Namshi had a turbulent day that severely affected its service reliability.
Incident Type: Outage (resolved)
Description: "La Poste outage detected"
Started: 2026-05-18
Duration: 51m
Updates: 2
The outage caused noticeable service interruptions during its active time.
Incident Type: Outage (resolved)
Description: "Microsoft Azure Korea Central outage detected"
Started: 2026-05-18
Duration: 30m
Updates: 2
This outage was brief but highlighted potential vulnerabilities in regional services.
Incident Type: Outage (resolved)
Description: "SK Hynix outage detected"
Started: 2026-05-18
Duration: 1h
Updates: 2
This incident was resolved, allowing normal operations to resume.
Incident Type: Degraded performance (resolved)
Description: "Minds degraded performance detected"
Started: 2026-05-18
Duration: 21m
Updates: 2
Users experienced slower performance, but full functionality remained.
Multiple incidents:
- Incident 1: Duration 12h 55m
- Incident 2: Duration 2h 11m
- Incident 3: Duration 54m
This series of incidents resulted in a critically low uptime of 28.97%, indicating severe service disruptions over the day.
Incident Type: Outage (resolved)
Description: "Oscar Health outage detected"
Started: 2026-05-18
Duration: 1h 46m
Updates: 2
The disruptions reported by users were correlated with the service downtime.
Multiple incidents:
- Incident 1: Duration 25m
- Incident 2: Duration 21m
This resulted in a higher average response time, impacting users looking for seamless video-editing solutions.
Additional outages included:
By the Numbers
| Service | Uptime (%) | Avg Response Time (ms) | Total Checks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mojeek | 28.97% | 7141 | 107 |
| Namshi | 71.57% | 381 | 102 |
| Oh Dear | 73.53% | 2132 | 102 |
| Oscar Health | 93.20% | 282 | 103 |
| La Poste | 97.09% | 468 | 103 |
| Microsoft Azure | - | - | - |
What to Watch
Ongoing issues have been reported with M-Pesa and Namshi, with user-submitted outage reports indicating persisted problems. The functionality of Mojeek is under scrutiny after a performance dip affecting user accessibility. Monitoring these services for further updates is recommended as reported issues could reoccur or escalate.