PSA: Proton Mail and other Proton platforms facing widespread outage

Proton has confirmed a major outage affecting Proton Mail, Proton VPN, Lumo, and other platforms and services. Here are the details. Proton working on a fix Earlier tonight, Proton’s status page confirmed major outages affecting: Proton Mail Proton VPN Proton Calendar Proton Drive Proton Pass SimpleLogin Proton Wallet Lumo by Proton The company says that after its initial investigation and mitigation efforts, all issues are now classified as partial outages. A status update posted at 7:37 p.m. ET says: “Our efforts to restore impacted services are now yielding results, and as a result are starting to recover for some users. Meanwhile, we are continuing recovery operations.” The outage was initially confirmed at 6:09 p.m. ET, as reports on Downdetector began to climb. Users on X also noted the issues, prompting the company to address the situation: We're investigating an issue affecting access to our services. Your data is safe and nothing has been lost. Our engineering team is working on a fix. Follow https://t.co/bQXBLIwzuO for live updates.We apologize for disrupting your day and we're grateful for your patience.— Proton (@ProtonPrivacy) August 26, 2026 We’re monitoring the issue and will update this post as new information becomes available or once the issues are marked as resolved. Worth checking out on Amazon Geoffrey Cain – ‘Steve Jobs in Exile’ David Pogue – ’Apple: The First 50 Years’ MacBook Neo Logitech MX Master 4 AirPods Pro 3 AirTag (2nd Generation) – 4 Pack Apple Watch Series 11 Wireless CarPlay adapter FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.