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Verification: VPN blocks for people who were not using a VPN

INC-0002MinorResolvedfrom before this page existed≈ approximate start time
30 Aug 2026, 15:51 UTCStarted
2 Sept 2026, 17:21 UTCEnded
3 d 1 hDuration
Member verificationAffects

What was affected and for how long

🟡 Member verification · Degraded30 Aug 2026, 15:51 UTC → 2 Sept 2026, 17:21 UTC · 3 d 1 h

Incident report

What happened

VPN detection mistook some normal home or mobile connections for VPN connections.

Who was affected

Some people could not verify on their own and had to ask staff for help. The rest of Axis worked normally.

What we did

We recorded which check blocked each case and fixed the ones that were wrong.

What changes so it does not happen again

Every block stores its exact reason, without adding personal data, so a false positive can be found and fixed quickly.

Timeline

Resolved

Fix released.

Identified

Each block now records which check caused it, so false positives can be fixed with data.

Identified

Some people get the "VPN/proxy" block when verifying without using a VPN.

Every incident that lasts 15 minutes or more, or is serious, gets a public report within 48 hours.

ONYX // AXIS 2.6.2 BASTION