Cardiff University incident
Copilot: Issues with accessing or degraded service
Cardiff University experienced a minor incident on December 9, 2025, lasting 17h 31m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Update timeline
- identified Dec 09, 2025, 04:18 PM UTC
Microsoft have reported that some users may encounter issues accessing Copilot, or experience a degraded service. If affected, Copilot may respond with "Sorry, I wasn't able to respond to that. Is there something else I can help you with?" Microsoft have identified a cause, and whilst they are working to alleviate the impact and rectifying the situation, users may continue to experience issues on an intermittent basis whilst throttling of requests continues - therefore re-trying after a brief pause may result in success on subsequent attempts. We will provide further updates on the progress Microsoft is making in resolving this as they become available.
- resolved Dec 10, 2025, 09:50 AM UTC
Microsoft have confirmed that they have resolved the issue that was affecting Copilot and normal service has resumed.