Blackboard experienced a critical incident on July 14, 2025 affecting Blackboard – SaaS Gov Cloud (US), lasting 3d 23h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Blackboard – SaaS Gov Cloud (US)
Update timeline
- investigating Jul 14, 2025, 05:00 PM UTC
Learn instances in US Gov Cloud are unable to send emails due to misconfiguration with email relay services. The issue is currently under investigation.
- investigating Jul 16, 2025, 02:00 PM UTC
Our engineers are still investigating the issue to understand its full impact and find a solution. We don't have an ETA for a fix yet.
- resolved Jul 18, 2025, 04:58 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.