diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/mima-filters/2.5.x.backwards.excludes b/akka-cluster/src/main/mima-filters/2.5.x.backwards.excludes
index e19a81f5b5..81c2ce3e97 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/mima-filters/2.5.x.backwards.excludes
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/mima-filters/2.5.x.backwards.excludes
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingTypesProblem]("akka.cluster.protobuf.msg.ClusterMe
 # Upgrade to protobuf 3
 ProblemFilters.exclude[Problem]("akka.cluster.protobuf.msg.ClusterMessages*")
 ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleMethTypeProblem]("akka.cluster.protobuf.ClusterMessageSerializer.compress")
+
+# #24955 publish of UnreachableDataCenter and ReachableDataCenter
+ProblemFilters.exclude[DirectMissingMethodProblem]("akka.cluster.ClusterEvent.isReachable")
+
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterEvent.scala b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterEvent.scala
index fa5e14a86b..d41897a3cd 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterEvent.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterEvent.scala
@@ -437,14 +437,13 @@ object ClusterEvent {
   /**
    * Internal API
    */
-  private[cluster] def isReachable(state: MembershipState, oldUnreachableNodes: Set[UniqueAddress])(
-      otherDc: DataCenter): Boolean = {
+  private[cluster] def isDataCenterReachable(state: MembershipState)(otherDc: DataCenter): Boolean = {
     val unrelatedDcNodes = state.latestGossip.members.collect {
       case m if m.dataCenter != otherDc && m.dataCenter != state.selfDc => m.uniqueAddress
     }
 
     val reachabilityForOtherDc = state.dcReachabilityWithoutObservationsWithin.remove(unrelatedDcNodes)
-    reachabilityForOtherDc.allUnreachable.filterNot(oldUnreachableNodes).isEmpty
+    reachabilityForOtherDc.allUnreachable.isEmpty
   }
 
   /**
@@ -457,11 +456,11 @@ object ClusterEvent {
     else {
       val otherDcs = (oldState.latestGossip.allDataCenters
           .union(newState.latestGossip.allDataCenters)) - newState.selfDc
-      otherDcs
-        .filterNot(isReachable(newState, oldState.dcReachability.allUnreachableOrTerminated))
-        .iterator
-        .map(UnreachableDataCenter)
-        .to(immutable.IndexedSeq)
+
+      val oldUnreachableDcs = otherDcs.filterNot(isDataCenterReachable(oldState))
+      val currentUnreachableDcs = otherDcs.filterNot(isDataCenterReachable(newState))
+
+      currentUnreachableDcs.diff(oldUnreachableDcs).iterator.map(UnreachableDataCenter).to(immutable.IndexedSeq)
     }
   }
 
@@ -476,8 +475,8 @@ object ClusterEvent {
       val otherDcs = (oldState.latestGossip.allDataCenters
           .union(newState.latestGossip.allDataCenters)) - newState.selfDc
 
-      val oldUnreachableDcs = otherDcs.filterNot(isReachable(oldState, Set()))
-      val currentUnreachableDcs = otherDcs.filterNot(isReachable(newState, Set()))
+      val oldUnreachableDcs = otherDcs.filterNot(isDataCenterReachable(oldState))
+      val currentUnreachableDcs = otherDcs.filterNot(isDataCenterReachable(newState))
 
       oldUnreachableDcs.diff(currentUnreachableDcs).iterator.map(ReachableDataCenter).to(immutable.IndexedSeq)
     }
@@ -620,7 +619,7 @@ private[cluster] final class ClusterDomainEventPublisher
 
     val unreachableDataCenters: Set[DataCenter] =
       if (!membershipState.latestGossip.isMultiDc) Set.empty
-      else membershipState.latestGossip.allDataCenters.filterNot(isReachable(membershipState, Set.empty))
+      else membershipState.latestGossip.allDataCenters.filterNot(isDataCenterReachable(membershipState))
 
     val state = new CurrentClusterState(
       members = membershipState.latestGossip.members,
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterDomainEventSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterDomainEventSpec.scala
index 58a3d563a8..27e9e4b479 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterDomainEventSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterDomainEventSpec.scala
@@ -154,6 +154,73 @@ class ClusterDomainEventSpec extends WordSpec with Matchers {
         MembershipState(g2, aUp.uniqueAddress, aUp.dataCenter, crossDcConnections = 5)) should ===(Seq())
     }
 
+    "be produced correctly for scenario in issue #24955" in {
+
+      // The scenario as seen from dc2MemberC was a sequence of reachability changes
+      // - empty
+      // - C --unreachable--> A
+      // - C --unreachable--> B
+      // - empty
+      // - B --unreachable--> C
+
+      val dc1MemberA = TestMember(Address("akka", "sys", "dc2A", 2552), Up, Set.empty[String], "dc2")
+      val dc1MemberB = TestMember(Address("akka", "sys", "dc2B", 2552), Up, Set.empty[String], "dc2")
+      val dc2MemberC = TestMember(Address("akka", "sys", "dc3A", 2552), Up, Set.empty[String], "dc3")
+
+      val members = SortedSet(dc1MemberA, dc1MemberB, dc2MemberC)
+
+      val reachability1 = Reachability.empty
+      val g1 = Gossip(members, overview = GossipOverview(reachability = reachability1))
+
+      // - C --unreachable--> A
+      // cross unreachable => UnreachableDataCenter
+      val reachability2 = reachability1.unreachable(dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc1MemberA.uniqueAddress)
+      val g2 = Gossip(members, overview = GossipOverview(reachability = reachability2))
+      diffUnreachableDataCenter(
+        MembershipState(g1, dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc2MemberC.dataCenter, crossDcConnections = 5),
+        MembershipState(g2, dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc2MemberC.dataCenter, crossDcConnections = 5)) should ===(
+        Seq(UnreachableDataCenter(dc1MemberA.dataCenter)))
+      diffReachableDataCenter(
+        MembershipState(g1, dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc2MemberC.dataCenter, crossDcConnections = 5),
+        MembershipState(g2, dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc2MemberC.dataCenter, crossDcConnections = 5)) should ===(Seq())
+
+      // - C --unreachable--> B
+      // adding one more cross unreachable to same DC shouldn't publish anything new
+      // this was the problem in issue #24955, it published another UnreachableDataCenter
+      val reachability3 = reachability2.unreachable(dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc1MemberB.uniqueAddress)
+      val g3 = Gossip(members, overview = GossipOverview(reachability = reachability3))
+      diffUnreachableDataCenter(
+        MembershipState(g2, dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc2MemberC.dataCenter, crossDcConnections = 5),
+        MembershipState(g3, dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc2MemberC.dataCenter, crossDcConnections = 5)) should ===(Seq())
+      diffReachableDataCenter(
+        MembershipState(g2, dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc2MemberC.dataCenter, crossDcConnections = 5),
+        MembershipState(g3, dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc2MemberC.dataCenter, crossDcConnections = 5)) should ===(Seq())
+
+      // - empty
+      // reachable again => ReachableDataCenter
+      val reachability4 = Reachability.empty
+      val g4 = Gossip(members, overview = GossipOverview(reachability = reachability4))
+      diffUnreachableDataCenter(
+        MembershipState(g3, dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc2MemberC.dataCenter, crossDcConnections = 5),
+        MembershipState(g4, dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc2MemberC.dataCenter, crossDcConnections = 5)) should ===(Seq())
+      diffReachableDataCenter(
+        MembershipState(g3, dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc2MemberC.dataCenter, crossDcConnections = 5),
+        MembershipState(g4, dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc2MemberC.dataCenter, crossDcConnections = 5)) should ===(
+        Seq(ReachableDataCenter(dc1MemberA.dataCenter)))
+
+      // - B --unreachable--> C
+      // unreachable opposite direction shouldn't publish anything new
+      val reachability5 = reachability4.unreachable(dc1MemberB.uniqueAddress, dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress)
+      val g5 = Gossip(members, overview = GossipOverview(reachability = reachability5))
+      diffUnreachableDataCenter(
+        MembershipState(g4, dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc2MemberC.dataCenter, crossDcConnections = 5),
+        MembershipState(g5, dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc2MemberC.dataCenter, crossDcConnections = 5)) should ===(Seq())
+      diffReachableDataCenter(
+        MembershipState(g4, dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc2MemberC.dataCenter, crossDcConnections = 5),
+        MembershipState(g5, dc2MemberC.uniqueAddress, dc2MemberC.dataCenter, crossDcConnections = 5)) should ===(Seq())
+
+    }
+
     "be produced for members becoming reachable after unreachable" in {
       val reachability1 = Reachability.empty
         .unreachable(aUp.uniqueAddress, cUp.uniqueAddress)