Blackboard Outage History

Blackboard degraded · 2 active incidents View live status →

Blackboard had 39 outages in the last 2 years totaling 5318h 51m of downtime — averaging 1.6 incidents per month.

There were 39 Blackboard outages since October 3, 2025 totaling 5318h 51m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: http://status.blackboard.com

Notice September 21, 2026

Status Update – Blackboard Attendance

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 21, 2026, 03:42 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 22, 2026, 03:38 AM UTC
Duration
11h 56m
Affected: Blackboard - SaaS (Africa)Blackboard - SaaS (US)Blackboard - SaaS (Saudi)Blackboard - SaaS (Asia Pacific)Blackboard - SaaS (Europe)
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Sep 21, 2026, 03:42 PM UTC

    Some customers are currently experiencing Oops errors when accessing Blackboard Attendance. We are investigating the issue and will provide further updates as more information becomes available

  2. investigating Sep 21, 2026, 07:11 PM UTC

    Blackboard Platform and Ops teams have been engaged as we continue to investigate the issue.

  3. identified Sep 21, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC

    The issue has been identified, and a remediation is in progress. We will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as information becomes available.

  4. resolved Sep 22, 2026, 03:38 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved

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Notice August 31, 2026

Ally OCR PDF Failures

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 31, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 15, 2026, 12:27 AM UTC
Duration
14d 12h
Affected: Ally - CanadaAlly - Asia PacificAlly - EuropeAlly - North AmericaAlly - Australia
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. resolved Sep 15, 2026, 12:27 AM UTC

    OCR Processing has remained within expected levels. Analysis shows the potential cause of the initial issue as an error during the final export step when converting to OCR PDF. The Ally team continues to work with our OCR provider to determine potential improvements to this process.

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Major August 19, 2026

Service disruption for some clients in US

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 19, 2026, 09:48 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 19, 2026, 10:16 PM UTC
Duration
27m
Affected: Blackboard - SaaS (US)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. 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.

  2. identified Aug 19, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC

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

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Minor August 11, 2026

Few Blackboard SaaS clients are facing Intermittent outage

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 11, 2026, 01:53 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 11, 2026, 09:05 PM UTC
Duration
7h 11m
Affected: Blackboard - SaaS (US)
Timeline · 7 updates
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

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Minor August 3, 2026

Mailings Currently Unavailable - Evaluate, Institutional Effectiveness, Milestone, Portfolio, Course Evaluations

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 03, 2026, 02:49 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 03, 2026, 05:34 PM UTC
Duration
2h 45m
Affected: AccreditationProgram ReviewPlanningOutcomesEvaluateMilestonePortfolioCourse Evaluations
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Aug 03, 2026, 02:49 PM UTC

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

  2. resolved Aug 03, 2026, 05:34 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor July 16, 2026

Accreditation & Program Review Errors

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 16, 2026, 06:18 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 17, 2026, 07:17 PM UTC
Duration
1d
Affected: AccreditationProgram Review
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. 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.

  2. resolved Jul 17, 2026, 07:17 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical July 16, 2026

Blackboard SaaS LMS Outage - Global

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 16, 2026, 08:33 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 16, 2026, 12:57 PM UTC
Duration
4h 23m
Affected: Blackboard - SaaS - Global
Timeline · 6 updates
  1. investigating Jul 16, 2026, 08:33 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue affecting the production environment for multiple clients. We are investigating the issue.

  2. identified Jul 16, 2026, 08:51 AM UTC

    We have identified the issue as being related to AWS CloudFront. We are actively working with AWS to restore service as quickly as possible. Our team is closely monitoring the situation and will provide further updates as soon as additional information becomes available.

  3. identified Jul 16, 2026, 09:40 AM UTC

    We have identified the issue impacting a subset of customers. AWS has confirmed the issue and is actively working on mitigation efforts to reduce the impact. Our teams are closely monitoring the situation, coordinating with AWS, and working toward full recovery. We will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.

  4. identified Jul 16, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC

    AWS continues to work on mitigation efforts, and our teams remain actively engaged and closely coordinating with them. We continue to monitor the environment and provide updates as progress is made.

  5. monitoring Jul 16, 2026, 11:24 AM UTC

    AWS has implemented a fix for the underlying issue. We are observing signs of recovery, and service appears to be stable at this time. We will continue monitoring the environment and provide updates if necessary.

  6. resolved Jul 16, 2026, 12:57 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor July 2, 2026

Few Blackboard SaaS clients are facing performance issue

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 02, 2026, 12:39 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 03, 2026, 04:33 AM UTC
Duration
15h 53m
Affected: Blackboard - SaaS (US)Blackboard - SaaS (Asia Pacific)
Timeline · 5 updates
  1. investigating Jul 02, 2026, 12:39 PM UTC

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

  2. identified Jul 02, 2026, 01:14 PM UTC

    We have identified the query causing the performance issue. The team is actively working on a fix

  3. monitoring Jul 02, 2026, 02:44 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  4. monitoring Jul 02, 2026, 09:08 PM UTC

    The issue has been resolved.

  5. resolved Jul 03, 2026, 04:33 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice May 16, 2026

All Gov Cloud clients and 8 EU prod clients

Detected by Pingoru
May 16, 2026, 11:04 AM UTC
Resolved
May 29, 2026, 01:24 PM UTC
Duration
13d 2h
Affected: Blackboard - SaaS (Europe)Blackboard – SaaS Gov Cloud (US)
Timeline · 5 updates
  1. identified May 16, 2026, 06:48 AM UTC

    The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

  2. identified May 16, 2026, 09:01 AM UTC

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

  3. monitoring May 16, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results

  4. identified May 16, 2026, 11:04 AM UTC

    All sites are online

  5. resolved May 29, 2026, 01:24 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice May 7, 2026

Blackboard Issues with 4000.15.0 Release

Detected by Pingoru
May 07, 2026, 04:13 PM UTC
Resolved
May 11, 2026, 01:42 PM UTC
Duration
3d 21h
Affected: Blackboard - SaaS (Africa)Blackboard - SaaS (US)Blackboard - SaaS (Saudi)Blackboard - SaaS (Asia Pacific)Blackboard - SaaS (Europe)Blackboard – SaaS Gov Cloud (US)
Timeline · 6 updates
  1. investigating May 07, 2026, 04:13 PM UTC

    We are investigating a number of issues reported with the 4000.15.0 release to production environments. Multiple teams are working on this and we will provide more information as it becomes available.

  2. investigating May 07, 2026, 07:11 PM UTC

    As we investigate an issue related to Release Conditions, the release of 4000.15.0 will be paused until this issue can be resolved, so the US East release is now on hold. Once resolved all sites will be updated with the fix.

  3. identified May 08, 2026, 02:40 AM UTC

    We have identified the root cause of the issue related to Release Conditions. The team is working on a fix that will be released as soon as possible. In the meantime, we have updated production instances for customers that have opened a support ticket.

  4. identified May 08, 2026, 09:28 AM UTC

    The engineering team is actively working on a resolution for the Release condition issue. As a temporary workaround until the fix is available, please remove any assessment access exceptions configured in the Gradebook (for example, custom start/end dates assigned to individual students). Once the exceptions are removed, the assessment will appear correctly in the student view. We appreciate your patience and understanding while we work toward a permanent resolution.

  5. identified May 10, 2026, 08:49 AM UTC

    Resolved Update - The engineering team has completed the fix for the Release Conditions issue identified in version 4000.15.0. Deployment of the fix to production environments is currently in progress and will continue across all the sites. Once the deployment is completed, the issue related to assessment visibility and Release Conditions will be fully resolved. The team will continue to closely monitor the environments following the deployment to ensure platform stability and expected behavior. We appreciate your patience and understanding throughout this process.

  6. resolved May 11, 2026, 01:42 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor April 27, 2026

Ally Processing Delays for Canvas Institutions - US-east Region (April 27, 2026)

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 27, 2026, 04:51 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 28, 2026, 11:36 AM UTC
Duration
18h 45m
Affected: Ally - North America
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Apr 27, 2026, 04:51 PM UTC

    We are experiencing a spike in activity beginning at 11:20AM EDT which has caused intermittent delays in the real-time processing of new content added to the LMS for Canvas institutions in the US. Real-time processing delays of approximately 1 to 2 hours for new content items may be seen during this time. Note that all other Ally features (alternative formats, instructor feedback and institutional report) for previously processed content items should still be working as expected.

  2. resolved Apr 28, 2026, 11:36 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice April 24, 2026

Blackboard Audio and Video Feedback Issues

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 24, 2026, 09:19 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 24, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC
Duration
2h 10m
Affected: Blackboard - SaaS (Africa)Blackboard - SaaS (US)Blackboard - SaaS (Saudi)Blackboard - SaaS (Asia Pacific)Blackboard - SaaS (Europe)Blackboard – SaaS Gov Cloud (US)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Apr 24, 2026, 09:19 PM UTC

    Faculty are receiving an "Upload failed" error message when they try to add video or audio feedback on a quiz in the Overall Feedback area for their students. The upload process fails at the final stage. This has been confirmed across multiple users and different media types. Browsers: Verified on latest versions of Chrome; persists after clearing cache, cookies, and restarting systems. Error Message: "Upload Failed" appears on the progress bar in the Video Details pane.

  2. resolved Apr 24, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC

    The issue has been resolved.

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Minor April 21, 2026

Ally Alternative Format Processing Delays - Europe - April 21, 2026

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 21, 2026, 01:47 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 21, 2026, 06:56 PM UTC
Duration
5h 8m
Affected: Ally - Europe
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. identified Apr 21, 2026, 01:47 PM UTC

    We are currently experiencing delays in the processing and generation of Alternative Formats for institutions in Europe. The Ally development team is treating this as a high priority while adding resources to process the existing backlog.

  2. monitoring Apr 21, 2026, 05:54 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. resolved Apr 21, 2026, 06:56 PM UTC

    Ally has worked through the remaining backlog and alternative formats are processing at a normal rate again.

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Minor April 16, 2026

Illuminate - Performance Degradation Impacting Snowflake Queries and Reports

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 16, 2026, 07:37 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 16, 2026, 10:08 AM UTC
Duration
2h 31m
Affected: Illuminate
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Apr 16, 2026, 07:37 AM UTC

    We are currently experiencing performance degradation. As a result, some Snowflake queries may run slower than usual, and Illuminate reports may take longer to load or could time out. Our team is actively investigating the issue and working to restore normal performance at the earliest

  2. monitoring Apr 16, 2026, 09:19 AM UTC

    We have identified the root cause of the issue and deployed a fix to production. The team is closely monitoring performance to ensure stability

  3. resolved Apr 16, 2026, 10:08 AM UTC

    The performance issue has been resolved. Snowflake queries and Illuminate reports are now operating normally

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Notice April 13, 2026

Ally Course Sync and Copy Delays April 13, 2026 - All Regions

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 13, 2026, 01:41 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 17, 2026, 12:39 PM UTC
Duration
3d 22h
Affected: Ally - CanadaAlly - Asia PacificAlly - EuropeAlly - North AmericaAlly - Australia
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Apr 13, 2026, 01:41 PM UTC

    Ally's bulk processing queues that handle updates from course syncs and course onboards are currently experiencing high traffic which may result in a delay of 1-2 hours for showing new indicators and/or new course reports. During this high traffic period Ally and its associated components remain available, however there may be delays in processing some of these updates including course copy processes. Real time processing for new content items remains at expected levels, but users may see a slight delay in report updates during this time as these processes catch up.

  2. monitoring Apr 14, 2026, 12:44 PM UTC

    Ally has processed the majority of the backlog in our bulk processing queues which should decrease the delays for course syncs, copy processes and onboards. The Ally development team will continue to monitor progress and performance.

  3. resolved Apr 17, 2026, 12:39 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor March 30, 2026

Ally Processing Delays - US-east Region (March 30, 2026)

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 30, 2026, 05:30 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 03, 2026, 08:11 PM UTC
Duration
4d 2h
Affected: Ally - North America
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. identified Mar 30, 2026, 05:30 PM UTC

    We are experiencing another spike in activity which has caused intermittent delays in the processing of content added to the LMS for institutions in the US. Real time processing delays of approximately 1.5 hours for new content items may be seen during this time. Note that all other Ally features (alternative formats, instructor feedback and institutional report) for previously processed content items should still be working as expected.

  2. monitoring Mar 30, 2026, 09:12 PM UTC

    The Ally development team has scaled up resources based on demand and will continue to monitor progress.

  3. monitoring Apr 01, 2026, 11:28 AM UTC

    Real time processing queues have returned to normal levels while the team continues to monitor.

  4. resolved Apr 03, 2026, 08:11 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor March 26, 2026

Ally Processing Delays - US-east Region (March 26, 2026)

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 26, 2026, 07:56 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 27, 2026, 11:30 AM UTC
Duration
15h 33m
Affected: Ally - North America
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified Mar 26, 2026, 07:56 PM UTC

    We are experiencing a spike in activity beginning just before noon EST which has caused intermittent delays in the processing of content added to the LMS for institutions in the US. Real time processing delays of approximately 1 to 3 hours for new content items may be seen during this time. Note that all other Ally features (alternative formats, instructor feedback and institutional report) for previously processed content items should still be working as expected.

  2. resolved Mar 27, 2026, 11:30 AM UTC

    Real time queues have returned to normal levels.

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Major March 18, 2026

Illuminate - SSO login issue

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 18, 2026, 12:53 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 18, 2026, 01:19 PM UTC
Duration
26m
Affected: Illuminate
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Mar 18, 2026, 12:53 PM UTC

    We are currently experiencing an issue with Single Sign-On that may prevent some users from logging in to Illuminate across all regions. We are actively working to resolve it.

  2. resolved Mar 18, 2026, 01:19 PM UTC

    The issue has been resolved and users should now be able to log in to Illuminate without issues.

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Notice March 11, 2026

AI Image Generation Issue within Blackboard LMS

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 11, 2026, 04:53 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 12, 2026, 07:06 PM UTC
Duration
1d 2h
Affected: Blackboard - SaaS (Africa)Blackboard - SaaS (US)Blackboard - SaaS (Asia Pacific)Blackboard - SaaS (Europe)Blackboard – SaaS Gov Cloud (US)
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Mar 11, 2026, 04:53 PM UTC

    We are experiencing issues on AI image generation within Blackboard LMS. Instructors receive an error when attempting to generate new images. Previously generated images applied to courses are fine and not effected. We are investigating and working with our service provider towards a solution.

  2. identified Mar 11, 2026, 09:13 PM UTC

    We have identified the root cause of the issue and are analyzing the options available to us to bring image generation back online. Please bear with us as we work through this. We are 'following the sun' on getting a solution deployed as soon as possible.

  3. monitoring Mar 12, 2026, 02:43 PM UTC

    We have found a fix for AI image generation in Blackboard LMS. This has been through our QA process, the rollout has begun with positive initial signs of service restoration in production instances. We aim to post a final status on this once the rollout process to all instances has completed and post rollout QA is successful.

  4. resolved Mar 12, 2026, 07:06 PM UTC

    We can report that the rollout to all production instances and final QA testing is now complete. Image generation is fully restored in all instances of Blackboard LMS. As part of this fix, you may notice an improvement in the generated image quality. If you have any further concerns or still are experience image generation issues, please raise a support ticket through the usual channels.

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Minor February 23, 2026

Learn SaaS Email service issue: Global

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 23, 2026, 05:10 AM UTC
Resolved
Feb 23, 2026, 02:35 PM UTC
Duration
9h 25m
Affected: Blackboard - SaaS - Global
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Feb 23, 2026, 05:10 AM UTC

    We are aware of the email issue that users are encountering while sending emails from Blackboard. Our teams are investigating this on priority to have this addressed as soon as possible.

  2. identified Feb 23, 2026, 06:04 AM UTC

    We have identified the issue and continuing to work on a fix for this issue. We will share an ETA as soon as it becomes available.

  3. monitoring Feb 23, 2026, 06:57 AM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  4. resolved Feb 23, 2026, 02:35 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice February 10, 2026

Blackboard Issue with Document Links

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 10, 2026, 05:05 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 25, 2026, 02:00 PM UTC
Duration
134d 20h
Affected: Blackboard - SaaS (Africa)Blackboard - SaaS (US)Blackboard - SaaS (Asia Pacific)Blackboard - SaaS (Europe)Blackboard – SaaS Gov Cloud (US)
Timeline · 16 updates

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Minor January 8, 2026

Ally Processing delays (January 8, 2026) - US and Europe

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 08, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 09, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC
Duration
23h 20m
Affected: Ally - EuropeAlly - North America
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jan 08, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC

    We are experiencing a spike in activity which has caused intermittent delays in the processing of content added to the LMS for institutions in the US and Europe. Real time processing delays of approximately 1 hour for new content items may be seen during this time. Note that all other Ally features (alternative formats, instructor feedback and institutional report) for previously processed content items should still be working as expected.

  2. monitoring Jan 09, 2026, 02:17 PM UTC

    Processing has returned to normal expected levels and the team is monitoring progress.

  3. resolved Jan 09, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor January 2, 2026

Ally - scores not being generated for new content in Blackboard (Europe, Asia, Canada)

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 02, 2026, 02:42 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 05, 2026, 03:08 PM UTC
Duration
3d
Affected: Ally - CanadaAlly - Asia PacificAlly - Europe
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jan 02, 2026, 02:42 PM UTC

    Blackboard LMS integrations in EU, Asia (Singapore) and Canada are not generating Ally scores for new content due to an issue with Blackboard being unable to send events to Ally. This is now under investigation by the product development teams.

  2. monitoring Jan 02, 2026, 04:25 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. resolved Jan 05, 2026, 03:08 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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