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Active incidents 2

  1. Ongoing ● 10d 4h
    Started Sep 04, 2026, 05:41 PM UTC
    Blackboard - SaaS (Africa)Blackboard - SaaS (US)Blackboard - SaaS (Saudi)Blackboard - SaaS (Asia Pacific)Blackboard - SaaS (Europe)Blackboard – SaaS Gov Cloud (US)
    Timeline · 1 update
    • identified · Sep 04, 2026, 05:41 PM UTC

      Inherited Conditions Making Course Links Inaccessible or Visible & Impact to Other Content Items in a Course A fix introduced in the August release (4000.21.0) caused unintended issues with course links for institutions depending on how their course content is designed or structured. We reverted this fix, which means Discussions and similar items linked in areas like the Gradebook or Discussions tab may again appear outside their intended release conditions. Reference the support article for more details: https://support.anthology.com/s/article/Discussion-Forum-or-other-Assessment-Visible-in-Course-with-Inherited-Release-Conditions

    Latest: Inherited Conditions Making Course Links Inaccessible or Visible & Impact to Other Content Items in a Course A fix introduced in the August release (4000.21.0) caused unintended is…

  2. Ongoing ● 14d 9h
    Started Aug 31, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC
    Ally - CanadaAlly - Asia PacificAlly - EuropeAlly - North AmericaAlly - Australia
    Timeline · 2 updates
    • investigating · Aug 31, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC

      We are investigating a potential issue with Ally's underlying OCR (Optical Character Recognition) process that is causing an increased number of failures when attempting to OCR a scanned PDF in both the Instructor Feedback and Alternative Formats. These features remain available and the issue appears to be intermittent and not impacting every scanned PDF at this time. We are investigating with our OCR provider to determine the root cause.

    • monitoring · Sep 08, 2026, 07:02 PM UTC

      While we have seen failure rates decrease over the last week we continue to monitor this with our OCR provider to determine any additional next steps.

    Latest: While we have seen failure rates decrease over the last week we continue to monitor this with our OCR provider to determine any additional next steps.

Recent outages & incidents

Past 90 days
  1. Resolved 1d 22h
    Started Aug 19, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC · Resolved Aug 21, 2026, 09:06 PM UTC
    Blackboard - SaaS (US)Blackboard - SaaS - Global
    Timeline · 15 updates
    • investigating · Aug 19, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC

      Blackboard is currently investigating a service disruption affecting a number of customers. We are investigating increased error rates related to a storage system impacting a group of clients deployed on Blackboard LMS in US East. Additional updates will be posted to status.blackboard.com

    • investigating · Aug 19, 2026, 10:48 PM UTC

      We are continuing to investigate the issue and are actively working with Blackboard's infrastructure partners to diagnose and resolve the issue as quickly as we can. We will continue to provide updates at status.blackboard.com

    • investigating · Aug 19, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC

      Update: Adjusting scope from "Blackboard - SaaS - Global" to "Blackboard - SaaS (US)"

    • investigating · Aug 20, 2026, 12:06 AM UTC

      Blackboard is continuing to work directly with our infrastructure partners to diagnose and resolve the issue. We will continue to post updates to status.blackboard.com

    • investigating · Aug 20, 2026, 01:17 AM UTC

      Blackboard is continuing to work directly with our infrastructure partners to diagnose and resolve the issue. We will continue to post updates to status.blackboard.com

    • identified · Aug 20, 2026, 01:40 AM UTC

      The issue has been identified, and Blackboard is working to restart and restore services. There may continue to be instability while we work to ensure all services are fully recovered. Next update to status.blackboard.com will be in 1 hour

    • monitoring · Aug 20, 2026, 02:38 AM UTC

      The issue has been identified, and the affected services have been restored. Blackboard is continuing to monitor these underlying services. Updates will continue to be posted on status.blackboard.com until this incident is resolved.

    • monitoring · Aug 20, 2026, 03:36 AM UTC

      The issue has been identified, and the affected services have been restored. Blackboard is continuing to monitor these underlying services. Updates will continue to be posted on status.blackboard.com until this incident is resolved.

    • monitoring · Aug 20, 2026, 04:40 AM UTC

      The issue has been identified, and the affected services have been restored. Blackboard is continuing to monitor these underlying services. Updates will continue to be posted on status.blackboard.com until this incident is resolved.

    • monitoring · Aug 20, 2026, 06:52 AM UTC

      The affected services have been restored and remain stable. Blackboard continues to monitor the underlying services to ensure ongoing stability.

    • monitoring · Aug 20, 2026, 09:09 AM UTC

      The affected services have been restored and remain stable. Blackboard continues to monitor the underlying services to ensure ongoing stability.

    • monitoring · Aug 20, 2026, 01:41 PM UTC

      The affected services remain stable. Blackboard continues to monitor the underlying services to ensure ongoing stability. The next update will be provided by close of business.

    • monitoring · Aug 20, 2026, 09:46 PM UTC

      The affected services remain stable. Blackboard continues to monitor the underlying services to ensure ongoing stability. The next update will be provided by Tomorrow ( Friday) Morning.

    • monitoring · Aug 21, 2026, 02:28 PM UTC

      Blackboard continues to monitor the underlying services to ensure ongoing stability.

    • resolved · Aug 21, 2026, 09:06 PM UTC

      Blackboard continues to monitor the underlying services to ensure ongoing stability.

    Latest: Blackboard continues to monitor the underlying services to ensure ongoing stability.

  2. Resolved 27m
    Started Aug 19, 2026, 09:48 PM UTC · Resolved Aug 19, 2026, 10:16 PM UTC
    Blackboard - SaaS (US)
    Timeline · 2 updates
    • identified · Aug 19, 2026, 09:48 PM UTC

      We are currently working with NetApp to resolve issue for 15 US clients and 5 LAC clients.

    • identified · Aug 19, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC

      We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

    Latest: We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

  3. Resolved 7h 11m
    Started Aug 11, 2026, 01:53 PM UTC · Resolved Aug 11, 2026, 09:05 PM UTC
    Blackboard - SaaS (US)
    Timeline · 7 updates
    • identified · Aug 11, 2026, 01:53 PM UTC

      A few Blackboard LMS clients are currently experiencing Intermittent issues. The team is investigating the root cause and working to restore normal performance.

    • identified · Aug 11, 2026, 02:28 PM UTC

      Our team is actively working on the fix and continuing to investigate the root cause. We are closely monitoring the situation and working to restore normal performance as soon as possible.

    • identified · Aug 11, 2026, 03:16 PM UTC

      Our team continues to investigate the underlying cause and is actively working toward a permanent resolution. The site has remained stable since 10:00 AM ET. We will continue to closely monitor the service and provide further updates as more information becomes available.

    • identified · Aug 11, 2026, 04:18 PM UTC

      Our team continues to investigate the underlying cause and is actively working toward a permanent resolution. The site has remained stable since 10:00 AM ET, with no impact observed during this period. We will continue to closely monitor the service and provide further updates as more information becomes available.

    • identified · Aug 11, 2026, 05:31 PM UTC

      Our team has identified the issue and is actively working toward a permanent resolution. The site has remained stable since 10:00 AM ET, with no impact observed during this period. We will continue to closely monitor the service and provide further updates as more information becomes available.

    • monitoring · Aug 11, 2026, 06:56 PM UTC

      Our team has identified the issue and is actively working toward a permanent resolution. The site has remained stable since 10:00 AM ET, with no impact observed during this period. We will continue to closely monitor the service and provide further updates as more information becomes available.

    • resolved · Aug 11, 2026, 09:05 PM UTC

      The sites have remained stable since 10:00 AM ET, with no further issues. Closing the incident.

    Latest: The sites have remained stable since 10:00 AM ET, with no further issues. Closing the incident.

  4. Resolved 2h 45m
    Started Aug 03, 2026, 02:49 PM UTC · Resolved Aug 03, 2026, 05:34 PM UTC
    AccreditationProgram ReviewPlanningOutcomesEvaluateMilestonePortfolioCourse Evaluations
    Timeline · 2 updates
    • investigating · Aug 03, 2026, 02:49 PM UTC

      All messaging capabilities are currently down. We will advise as soon as they are operational.

    • resolved · Aug 03, 2026, 05:34 PM UTC

      This incident has been resolved.

    Latest: This incident has been resolved.

  5. Resolved 1d
    Started Jul 16, 2026, 06:18 PM UTC · Resolved Jul 17, 2026, 07:17 PM UTC
    AccreditationProgram Review
    Timeline · 2 updates
    • investigating · Jul 16, 2026, 06:18 PM UTC

      We are aware of errors displaying in Accreditation & Program Review when attempting to edit standards or generate Offline Reports. The Development Team are working to resolve this issue.

    • resolved · Jul 17, 2026, 07:17 PM UTC

      This incident has been resolved.

    Latest: This incident has been resolved.

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