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**20 - 26 October 2026: Post-Mortem** We experienced an issue with email notifications between 20 October and 26 October 2026. Our team has worked diligently to identify the root cause and implement a resolution. In this post-mortem, we want to share the details of what happened, why it happened, what we did to resolve it, and what we will do to prevent similar incidents in the future. **What happened?** During this period, some recipients did not receive email notifications from DRACOON. The issue mainly affected organisations whose incoming mail runs through certain corporate email security gateways. For these recipients, many notifications were rejected and not delivered. All other DRACOON functions were unaffected. ‌**Why did this happen?** Before accepting a mail, some email security gateways check that the sender's domain is valid. A DNS service operated by a third-party provider began giving an incorrect answer for part of our notification sender domain's configuration. Because of that answer, these gateways wrongly treated our sender domain as invalid and rejected the notifications. Our own configuration and our mail delivery service were working correctly throughout. **What did we do?** After the first customer reports, we analyzed the delivery logs together with our email delivery partner and found that the rejections followed a clear pattern. We traced them to the third-party DNS issue. On 26 October, we changed the configuration of our notification sender domain so that it no longer depends on the affected third-party service. After the change, delivery returned to normal, and we monitored it closely to confirm the issue was resolved. **What can we do to improve?** * We are reviewing our email-related configurations to remove dependencies on external services. * We are improving our monitoring of email delivery, so that unusual rejection rates are detected and investigated sooner. We apologize for any inconvenience this incident may have caused. We are committed to ensuring the stability and reliability of our services and will continue to take proactive measures to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team for assistance. --- [2026-10-27T08:46:45.870+01:00] (resolved) The issue with Email notifications has been fully resolved. All systems are now operating normally. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and appreciate your patience. If you continue to experience any issues, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team for assistance. --- [2026-10-26T16:38:43.260+01:00] (monitoring) We identified the issue with Email notifications and applied a fix to resolve it. We are monitoring the situation to ensure it remains stable and to detect any additional issues. In the last few days, some recipients may have not received email notifications from DRACOON. Mostly affected are organizations whose incoming mail runs through certain corporate mail security gateways that include specific DNS checks before accepting incoming mails. The root cause was most likely a third-party DNS issue affecting our notification sender domain. Notifications should be delivered normally again. We are monitoring delivery closely and will post an update once the issue is fully resolved. Notifications that were not delivered during this period will not be resent automatically. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and appreciate your patience. --- [2026-10-26T12:31:14.846+01:00] (investigating) Our team is still actively working to resolve the issue with Email notifications. Some customers whose organizations use certain mail server configurations may currently not receive email notifications from DRACOON; we are working with our email delivery partner to resolve this as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your patience. We will provide more information and updates as soon as they become available. --- [2026-10-26T10:29:04.503+01:00] (investigating) We are currently investigating an issue with our Email notifications. Our team is working to gather more information and resolve the issue as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and will provide updates as soon as we have them.

We are aware of the recently published security vulnerabilities CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 affecting PHP. DRACOON does not use PHP and is therefore not affected by these vulnerabilities. No action is required on your part. We continue to closely monitor security advisories and will keep you informed should this assessment change.

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