CommonLit Outage History

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CommonLit had 8 outages in the last 2 years totaling 41m of downtime — averaging 0.3 incidents per month.

There were 8 CommonLit outages since August 7, 2025 totaling 41m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.commonlit.org

Minor June 23, 2026

Content Search

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 23, 2026, 06:46 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 23, 2026, 07:27 PM UTC
Duration
41m
Affected: commonlit.org
Timeline · 5 updates
  1. investigating Jun 23, 2026, 06:46 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this incident.

  2. identified Jun 23, 2026, 06:47 PM UTC

    We are having trouble connecting to our search infrastructure. Search will be unavailable until we are able to connect.

  3. monitoring Jun 23, 2026, 07:04 PM UTC

    Our upstream service has recovered and we are monitoring.

  4. monitoring Jun 23, 2026, 07:04 PM UTC

    The underlying infrastructure issue appears to have been resolved. We are continuing to monitor.

  5. resolved Jun 23, 2026, 07:27 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor May 12, 2026

Issues connecting to database

Detected by Pingoru
May 12, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC
Resolved
May 12, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved May 12, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 15 hours and 31 minutes May 12, 00:30:00 GMT+0 - Investigating - We are currently investigating this incident. May 12, 00:54:28 GMT+0 - Monitoring - We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result. May 12, 16:01:14 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved.

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Minor March 31, 2026

Issue with Underlying Infrastructure

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 31, 2026, 05:17 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 31, 2026, 05:17 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Mar 31, 2026, 05:17 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 1 day, 21 hours and 54 minutes Affected Components: commonlit.org Apr 1, 15:57:51 GMT+0 - Monitoring - We have identified and fixed the root cause of the issue. We are still working to resolve some data delays and there may be occasional slow page loading times as we recover, but otherwise CommonLit should be stable and operating normally. Mar 31, 17:17:57 GMT+0 - Identified - We are continuing to work on a fix for this incident. Apr 2, 15:11:59 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved. Mar 31, 17:32:28 GMT+0 - Monitoring - We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result. Mar 31, 18:08:10 GMT+0 - Identified - We are continuing to experience networking issues with our database provider. Our team is monitoring and working to restore full service. Mar 31, 18:49:02 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved. Mar 31, 19:31:57 GMT+0 - Identified - We are continuing to work on a fix for this incident.

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Minor February 6, 2026

Issues with CommonLit on computers using iBoss

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 06, 2026, 03:00 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 06, 2026, 03:00 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Feb 06, 2026, 03:00 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 4 days, 2 hours and 14 minutes Feb 9, 18:23:21 GMT+0 - Identified - Some users whose computers or browsers use iBoss are experiencing suddenly closing tabs. To remedy this issue, your site administrator may need to make configuration changes to iBoss for your school. We recommend contacting iBoss directly for support. Feb 6, 15:00:00 GMT+0 - Investigating - CommonLit is currently closing on Chromebooks. We are currently investigating this incident. Reach out to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) if you need assistance printing PDFs of lessons. Feb 10, 17:13:49 GMT+0 - Resolved - After investigation of this incident, it was determined that configurations in iBoss are causing this problem. Tech teams should reach out to iBoss for support in resolving this issue.

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Minor December 26, 2025

Infrastructure upgrades

Detected by Pingoru
Dec 26, 2025, 02:00 AM UTC
Resolved
Dec 26, 2025, 02:00 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Dec 26, 2025, 02:00 AM UTC

    Type: Maintenance Duration: 30 minutes Affected Components: commonlit.org Dec 26, 02:00:01 GMT+0 - Identified - Maintenance is now in progress Dec 26, 02:30:17 GMT+0 - Completed - Our upgrades are completed and normal service has been restored. Thank you for your patience! Dec 26, 02:00:00 GMT+0 - Identified - On December 25th at 9pm ET we will be performing some infrastructure upgrades on CommonLit's systems. We expect service to be disrupted for approximately 30 minutes. Thank you for your patience.

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Minor November 18, 2025

Issues with Cloudflare DNS

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 18, 2025, 12:30 PM UTC
Resolved
Nov 18, 2025, 12:30 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Nov 18, 2025, 12:30 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 3 hours and 48 minutes Affected Components: Cloudflare DNS Nov 18, 12:30:00 GMT+0 - Monitoring - Cloudflare is experiencing a global network incident. During this time, some users will be unable to reach commonlit.org. We are continuing to monitor and will update as the situation evolves. Nov 18, 16:18:05 GMT+0 - Resolved - Cloudflare is restoring service to their global network.

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Major October 20, 2025

Server capacity unavailable

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 20, 2025, 12:48 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 20, 2025, 12:48 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Oct 20, 2025, 12:48 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 1 day and 51 minutes Affected Components: commonlit.org Oct 20, 12:48:20 GMT+0 - Identified - An upstream infrastructure provider is suffering a major outage. During this time our ability to add servers to our fleet is reduced and users may experience slower traffic and degraded performance. Oct 20, 20:06:39 GMT+0 - Monitoring - AWS is able to fulfill capacity requests and we are handling traffic again as expected. Thank you for your patience during the incident. Oct 21, 13:38:55 GMT+0 - Resolved - Our infrastructure provider has restored service and we have confirmed all our systems are working at the expected capacity. Thank you for your patience.

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Minor August 7, 2025

Degraded Service

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 07, 2025, 11:30 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 07, 2025, 11:30 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Aug 07, 2025, 11:30 AM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 37 minutes Affected Components: commonlit.org Aug 7, 11:30:20 GMT+0 - Identified - We are aware of the issue and have identified the cause. Service will be restored very shortly. Aug 7, 12:07:20 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved.

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