By Rounak Jain
Publication Date: 2026-02-23 16:30:00
Microsoft flagged that services that require Multi-Factor Authentication may return gateway timeout errors for users in the U.S.
- In a further update, Microsoft said that it is continuing to investigate the issue preventing users from signing in.
- The company also confirmed that the issue is currently impacting users in North America.
- Microsoft added that this issue may affect any user within organizations leveraging MFA for sign-in.
Several Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) services experienced a spike in error rates on Monday, prompting the company to flag gateway timeout errors.
“We’re investigating an issue in which users in the United States may be experiencing 504 gateway timeout errors when trying to access services that require Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA),” the company said in a post on X.
Service tracking website Downdetector also showed an increase in the number of error reports across multiple Microsoft services.
