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  "id": 19765873,
  "title": "Failed health check, elevated load, server restart: What led to the Microsoft outage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/failed-health-check-elevated-load-server-restart-what-led-to-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T05:47:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
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    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/failed-health-check-elevated-load-server-restart-what-led-to-the-microsoft-outage-101794548856802.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Automated server shutdowns created an infrastructure bottleneck, even as engineers deploy alternatives, while an initial fix attempt don’t seem to be delivering results",
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  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Microsoft outage cuts Queensland Health from emails, Teams",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-cuts-queensland-health-from-emails-teams",
        "published": "2026-11-13T02:33:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Microsoft outage cuts Queensland Health from emails, Teams",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-cuts-queensland-health-from-emails-teams-19744865",
        "published": "2026-11-13T02:33:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "‘Looks like we’ll have to talk to people’: Australia sent back to time before email with major Microsoft outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/looks-like-well-have-to-talk-to-people-australia-sent-back-to-time",
        "published": "2026-11-13T04:40:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Jakarta Post",
        "title": "Microsoft outage spills into Asia-Pacific business hours",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/microsoft-outage-spills-into-asia-pacific-business-hours",
        "published": "2026-11-13T06:21:11.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}