Any estimates for when Windows Notification Service will return from its DNS outage?

Michael McGraw-Herdeg 5 Reputation points
2023-01-26T23:16:07.64+00:00

Hi folks,

The Windows Notification Service seems to be experiencing DNS-related downtime.

This is the service described at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/shell/tiles-and-notifications/windows-push-notification-services--wns--overview.

Starting circa 2023-01-26 17:00 UTC, attempts to interact with the service, e.g. by doing a curl "https://db5.notify.windows.com/?token=1" , will fail since the service is unavailable due to a DNS outage.

What seems to be the root cause of the DNS issue is described in some detail in a charming Twitter thread that suggests some unexpected Azure/service interactions.

Do folks have any guesses on when service will be restored?

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  1. Michael McGraw-Herdeg 5 Reputation points
    2023-01-27T12:41:22.89+00:00

    It appears that this service is back online as of Friday 27 January. I don't see anything at https://status.azure.com/en-us/status/history/ and I'm not quite sure where the incident details would be tracked.

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  2. Limitless Technology 43,996 Reputation points
    2023-02-01T11:04:02.3266667+00:00

    Hello there,

    You can always check the service status from here

    https://portal.office.com/servicestatus

    If tile or toast push notifications are not displaying as expected, have a look at the event logs.

    If the notification is received but not shown: Launch the Event Viewer and examine the Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI/Operational log under Applications and Services\Microsoft\Windows\Apps.

    If the notification is not received at all: Launch the Event Viewer and examine the Operational log under Applications and Services\Microsoft\Windows\PushNotifications-Platform.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/shell/tiles-and-notifications/troubleshoot-notifications

    Hope this resolves your Query !!

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  3. Limitless Technology 43,996 Reputation points
    2023-02-01T11:04:14.22+00:00

    Double post

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