Issues connecting to resources in West US

Starting at approximately 14:44 UTC on 23 July 2026, customers may have experienced intermittent connectivity failures, increased latency, or difficulty accessing Azure and other Microsoft cloud ( https://status.cloud.microsoft/ ) services associated with the West US region. Customers whose traffic traverses affected West US network infrastructure may also experience downstream impact. Impacted services include: Application Gateway, Azure AD B2C, Azure AI Search, Azure AI Speech, Azure API Management, Azure Bastion, Azure Bot Service, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Databricks, Azure Firewall, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Virtual Desktop, Azure VMware Solution, ExpressRoute Circuits, ExpressRoute Gateways, Partner Center, Power BI Embedded, Virtual WAN, VPN Gateway Current Status: We identified a recent change that was strongly correlated with the onset of impact and have initiated rollback actions. The rollback is currently in progress and making steady progress toward completion. Telemetry across services is beginning to show signs of recovery. We are closely monitoring service health and traffic recovery as these actions are completed and will provide additional updates as we confirm measurable improvement.