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Outlook possible issue on Nov 12, 2026: what we saw
Damn Is It Down is independent and not affiliated with Outlook. This page uses only our own checks, user reports and what Outlook's status page said. Times are ET.
Our checks saw problems for 5 h 44 min, from Nov 12, 2026, 1:53 PM ET to Nov 12, 2026, 7:37 PM ET. It peaked as outage at 1:53 PM ET.
Possible problem, not a confirmed outage. Our own checks failed, but no second independent source agreed: user reports stayed below 5 in 15 minutes and Outlook's status page did not report a major incident. We only call something a confirmed outage when at least 2 independent sources agree. How we verify outages
Evidence Raw check times, regions, error codes and the report curve. Download as JSON or CSV.
How we determined this
- Our checks: 52 of 52 failed.
- Regions where our checks failed: 4 of 4.
- User reports: up to 1 in 15 minutes.
- Vendor status page: no major incident reported.
- Independent sources that agreed: 1 of 3 (our checks, user reports, the vendor). We only call it a confirmed outage when at least 2 agree.
- Confidence: 90%. It comes only from our own evidence; the vendor status page adds a little only when our checks or user reports agree.
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Impact
- Regions with failing checks: Asia-Pacific, US East, Europe, US West.
- Failed checks: 52 of 52 in the window (first Nov 12, 2026, 1:45 PM ET, last Nov 12, 2026, 7:37 PM ET).
- Peak user reports: 1 in 15 minutes, 3 in total during the incident.
- Where people reported it: Thailand (1), Pennsylvania, US (1), Wisconsin, US (1).
- Problem types: App 67%, Messages 33%.
Timeline (ET)
- Outage detected: Regional outage. Down in US East and US West, fine in Europe and Asia-Pacific. Our checks are failing. User reports are still near the baseline — active checks often catch this before crowd reports do.
- Failing from US East, US West.
- Now failing from Asia-Pacific.
- Now failing from Europe.
- Official status changed to Minor incident.
- Recovered: Vendor-reported issue.
Official status
- Last reported by Outlook: Minor incident.
- — Official status changed to Minor incident.
- Outlook's status page
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Times are ET (US Eastern). Detection combines HTTP checks from several Cloudflare regions, user reports and the vendor's status page. Get this data as JSON.
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FAQ
- Is Outlook down right now?
- This incident ended at Nov 12, 2026, 7:37 PM ET. For right now, check the live Outlook status page: https://damnisitdown.com/status/outlook
- When did the Outlook problems start?
- Our checks first saw problems at Nov 12, 2026, 1:53 PM ET, and it peaked as outage at Nov 12, 2026, 1:53 PM ET.
- How long did the Outlook incident last?
- 5 h 44 min, from Nov 12, 2026, 1:53 PM ET to Nov 12, 2026, 7:37 PM ET.
- Where did our Outlook checks fail?
- Our checks failed from Asia-Pacific, US East, Europe, US West. People mostly reported: App, Messages.