Ep. 40: Fastlys Outage and Why CDN Redundancy Matters

Published: June 9, 2021, 10:40 p.m.

b'This is The Internet Report, where we uncover what\\u2019s working and what\\u2019s breaking on the Internet\\u2014and why. Today, I\\u2019m joined by Hans Ashlock, Director of Technology & Innovation at ThousandEyes, to unpack today\\u2019s major outage at Fastly, a popular CDN provider. The widespread outage occurred around 9:50 UTC, about 5:50 am ET, and mostly impacted users across Europe and Asia due to the timing. The outage lasted approximately one hour until 10:50 UTC, yet residual impacts were felt beyond that. Today\\u2019s outage is a good example of the importance of having outside-in visibility not just across your app, but also to your app\\u2019s edge and all its dependent services. Watch this episode to learn more about the outage and see what we saw from ThousandEyes global vantage points.'