Bright Outage History

Bright major outage · 1 active incident View live status →

Bright had 20 outages in the last 2 years totaling 430h 25m of downtime, averaging 0.8 incidents per month.

There were 20 Bright outages since April 1, 2026 totaling 430h 25m of downtime. Each is summarised below. Incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: status.brightsg.com

Minor October 21, 2026

Hub, Authentication and Payslip issues

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 21, 2026, 10:43 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 21, 2026, 11:04 AM UTC
Duration
21m
Affected: Bright (BrightID)Bright (BrightHub)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Oct 21, 2026, 10:43 AM UTC

    We have received alerts from the Hub, Authentication and Payslip services. The team is currently investigating

  2. resolved Oct 21, 2026, 11:04 AM UTC

    The team have concluded their investigation and the services are operating normally.

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Major October 2, 2026

BrightManager unavailable

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 02, 2026, 08:35 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 02, 2026, 08:57 AM UTC
Duration
22m
Affected: Bright (BrightManager)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Oct 02, 2026, 08:35 AM UTC

    We're aware of an issue impacting BrightManager and are actively releasing a fix.

  2. resolved Oct 02, 2026, 08:57 AM UTC

    We have addressed the issue impacting BrightManager and are continuing to monitor

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Minor October 2, 2026

Isssues making submissions to Nest

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 02, 2026, 07:43 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 02, 2026, 08:14 AM UTC
Duration
31m
Affected: Bright (BrightPay)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Oct 02, 2026, 07:43 AM UTC

    There are currently issues with making submissions to Nest. The team have identified the source of the problem and are working to resolve it.

  2. resolved Oct 02, 2026, 08:14 AM UTC

    The team have addressed the source of the problem and are monitoring the fix.

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Major September 9, 2026

BrightBooks emails unavailable

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 09, 2026, 07:19 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 11, 2026, 08:48 AM UTC
Duration
1d 13h
Affected: Bright (BrightBooks)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Sep 09, 2026, 07:19 PM UTC

    Users are receiving errors when attempting to send emails using BrightBooks. The team expect to address the issue tomorrow morning.

  2. resolved Sep 11, 2026, 08:48 AM UTC

    We have re-enabled email sending. The team are still looking at the issue and we are monitoring closely.

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Minor September 4, 2026

Multifactor Authentication emails not being received

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 04, 2026, 09:10 AM UTC
Resolved
Sep 04, 2026, 12:53 PM UTC
Duration
3h 43m
Affected: Bright (BrightID)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Sep 04, 2026, 09:10 AM UTC

    Some customers are reporting multi factor authentication emails are not being received. The team are investigating,

  2. resolved Sep 04, 2026, 12:53 PM UTC

    We have resolved the issue preventing emails being sent. The team are continuing to monitor and will make further adjustments if necessry.

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Minor August 27, 2026

Issues with ERR submissions to ROS

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 27, 2026, 02:18 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 28, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC
Duration
20h 14m
Affected: Bright (BrightExpenses)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Aug 27, 2026, 02:18 PM UTC

    Some users are experiencing difficulty with ERR submissions to ROS. The team are investigating

  2. resolved Aug 28, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC

    All queued submissions have been posted to ROS.

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Major August 25, 2026

BrightPay slow down and errors

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 25, 2026, 09:14 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 25, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC
Duration
46m
Affected: Bright (BrightPay)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Aug 25, 2026, 09:14 AM UTC

    BriughtPay is currently experiencing slow performance and an increase in errors. The team are investigating.

  2. resolved Aug 25, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC

    The issue was resolved. Our engineers have prepared a further fix to ensure the problem does not reoccur.

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Minor August 20, 2026

Emails to Microsoft accounts

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 20, 2026, 01:19 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 25, 2026, 08:23 PM UTC
Duration
5d 7h
Affected: Bright (BrightManager)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Aug 20, 2026, 01:19 PM UTC

    Outbound emails for document signing and letters of engagement addressed to recipients with Microsoft hosted email accounts like hotmail.com, outlook.com and live.com are being rejected by Microsoft. Other providers are not experiencing issues. The team are investigating.

  2. resolved Aug 25, 2026, 08:23 PM UTC

    We have applied a mitigation to allow emails to reach Microsoft email addresses such as live.com, hotmail.com and outlook.com

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Minor August 18, 2026

Document upload and download

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 18, 2026, 11:13 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 18, 2026, 11:13 AM UTC
Duration
–
Affected: Bright (BrightManager)
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Aug 18, 2026, 11:13 AM UTC

    We identified an issue affecting document uploads and downloads in BrightManager. A fix has been deployed and we're continuing to monitor. We apologise for the disruption caused

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Minor July 29, 2026

Login issues

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 29, 2026, 10:43 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 29, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC
Duration
1h 35m
Affected: Bright (BrightID)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jul 29, 2026, 10:43 AM UTC

    Login is currently experiencing issues. The team are investigating and are working on a fix.

  2. resolved Jul 29, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC

    The root cause has been identified and a fix applied. Login issues have now been resolved. MFA is temporarily disabled on BrightWorkPapers.

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Major July 28, 2026

BrightPay - Degraded

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 28, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 29, 2026, 08:06 AM UTC
Duration
19h 49m
Affected: Bright (BrightPay)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jul 28, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC

    BrightPay email functionality is currently unavailable in the UK. Our Engineering Team are investigating.

  2. resolved Jul 29, 2026, 08:06 AM UTC

    BrightPay UK mail delivery has resumed as normal. Apologies for the delay.

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Minor July 27, 2026

Slowness

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 27, 2026, 08:18 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 27, 2026, 09:46 AM UTC
Duration
1h 28m
Affected: Bright (BrightManager)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jul 27, 2026, 08:18 AM UTC

    We are aware of reports of slowness and are investigating.

  2. resolved Jul 27, 2026, 09:46 AM UTC

    The underlying issue has been resolved. Our team will continue to monitor for further recurrence.

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Major July 17, 2026

BrightManager outage

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 17, 2026, 08:24 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 17, 2026, 08:39 AM UTC
Duration
15m
Affected: Bright (BrightManager)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jul 17, 2026, 08:24 AM UTC

    The team are investigating issues on BrightManager.

  2. resolved Jul 17, 2026, 08:39 AM UTC

    The root cause of the issue has been discovered and fixed. The team are continuing to monitor.

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Major July 14, 2026

BrightManager white label issues

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 14, 2026, 07:29 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 15, 2026, 11:10 AM UTC
Duration
15h 41m
Affected: Bright (BrightManager)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jul 14, 2026, 07:29 PM UTC

    The BrightManager white label portal is currently down. The team are investigating.

  2. resolved Jul 15, 2026, 11:10 AM UTC

    We have restored service to the white label portal.

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Minor June 30, 2026

Intermittent MFA issues

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 30, 2026, 04:53 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 30, 2026, 04:53 PM UTC
Duration
–
Affected: Bright (BrightID)
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Jun 30, 2026, 04:53 PM UTC

    Some users experienced issues with the MFA challenge where MFA codes were not being sent promptly. We've applied a change to resolve the issue and are continuing to monitor.

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Minor May 24, 2026

BrightID errors

Detected by Pingoru
May 24, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC
Resolved
May 24, 2026, 05:57 PM UTC
Duration
6h 34m
Affected: Bright (BrightID)Bright (BrightHub)Bright (BrightManager)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating May 24, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating issues with logging in to our applications.

  2. resolved May 24, 2026, 05:57 PM UTC

    The team have resolved an issue impacting purchasing credits for BrightManager.

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Minor April 21, 2026

Incident: Investigating

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 21, 2026, 09:12 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 22, 2026, 04:08 PM UTC
Duration
1d 6h
Affected: Bright (BrightManager)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Apr 21, 2026, 09:12 AM UTC

    The team are currently investigating an issue with BrightManager Client Portal.

  2. resolved Apr 22, 2026, 04:08 PM UTC

    The Client Portal is now available to all users.

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Minor April 1, 2026

BrightPay - Investigation Complete

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 01, 2026, 02:06 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 08, 2026, 09:43 AM UTC
Duration
6d 19h
Affected: Bright (BrightPay)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Apr 01, 2026, 02:06 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue with BrightPay and have temporarily restricted some levels of access.

  2. resolved Apr 08, 2026, 09:43 AM UTC

    We have resolved the issues. The team will continue to monitor and improve the portal.

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