April 2026 Outage Post-Mortem - Jim's Pckt

Hey all! I'm Jim, and I do system-y things at Bluesky. I'm here to give you some details about what happened on Monday of this week that caused Bluesky to go...

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TTC descends into chaos for third time this week and anger is growing
It's been a bad few days for the TTC's Line 2 Bloor-Danforth, with Toronto's second-busiest subway line suffering its third major unplanned outage this week to kick off Friday.The TTC announced just after 5:30 a.m. there service had been halted on Line 2 between Ossington and Woodbine stations due to a "hydraulic fluid spill" — marking the second oil-related s...
https://www.blogto.com/city/2026/04/ttc-chaos-third-time-week/
Residents in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, still without power nearly a day after outage began
Some Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, residents are still without power nearly 24 hours after a community-wide outage first began, and a warming centre wasn't open until late Thursday morning.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/gjoa-haven-power-outage-9.7158121?cmp=rss
'We're stuck': Apartment residents struggle through elevator outage
Residents of a run-down apartment building on Kipps Lane say they're feeling trapped after three weeks without elevator service in the seven-storey building.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/kipps-lane-elevator-9.7155114?cmp=rss

"Junior and mid-level engineers require more senior engineers to sign off any AI-assisted changes, Treadwell added in the briefing note."

(Might be paywalled, though worked for me.)

https://www.ft.com/content/7cab4ec7-4712-4137-b602-119a44f771de?syn-25a6b1a6=1

#Amazon #AI #outage

Amazon holds engineering meeting following AI-related outages

Ecommerce giant says there has been a ‘trend of incidents’ linked to ‘Gen-AI assisted changes’

Financial Times

As of Apr 7, 2026, 12:05 PM EST, Gray Zone Warfare appears to be experiencing some issues based on recent user reports.

We’ve seen 169 reports in the last 4 hours, including 76 in the current hour.

Login is the top reported problem, with Steam users in eu-west appearing to be the most affected right now.

#GrayZoneWarfare #gaming #outage

Commuter chaos after huge stretch of TTC subway shuts down unexpectedly
A lengthy stretch of the TTC's Line 2 Bloor-Danforth is out of commission Tuesday morning, creating commuter chaos for those relying on the western end of the city's second-busiest transit route.A whopping 6.75 kilometres of Line 2 was abruptly closed early Tuesday morning, and based on previous outages of this nature, commuters could be waiting quite a while for se...
https://www.blogto.com/city/2026/04/line-2-ttc-outage/

Thariq (@trq212)

Claude 서비스에서 일부 사용자가 오류를 겪고 있으며, 팀이 문제를 확인 중이라고 공지했다. 상태 업데이트는 status.claude.com에서 확인할 수 있다.

https://x.com/trq212/status/2041181579305971774

#claude #anthropic #statuspage #outage #ai

Thariq (@trq212) on X

@QuanFlix_ @noahzweben @lydiahallie @AnthropicAI @claudeai sorry some people experiencing errors, we're on it! https://t.co/UiXcvHaHgQ for updates

X (formerly Twitter)

🌩️ Microsoft still working to fix Exchange Online mailbox access issues

"Impact may occur intermittently for some users accessing their Exchange Online mailboxes in the Outlook mobile apps or the new Outlook for Mac desktop client. This section may be updated as our investigation progresses."

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-still-working-to-fix-exchange-online-mailbox-access-issues/

#exchange #outlook #outage

Microsoft still working to fix Exchange Online mailbox access issues

Microsoft is investigating and working to resolve Exchange Online mailbox access issues that have intermittently affected Outlook mobile and macOS users for weeks.

BleepingComputer