EBSCO incident

Service Issue Reported – EBSCO Discovery Service and EBSCOhost Search Unavailable

Major Resolved View vendor source →

EBSCO experienced a major incident on August 3, 2026 affecting EBSCOhost Research Databases and EBSCO Discovery Service, lasting 20m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 03, 2026, 12:57 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 03, 2026, 01:17 PM UTC
Duration
20m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 03, 2026, 12:57 PM UTC

Affected components

EBSCOhost Research DatabasesEBSCO Discovery Service

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 03, 2026, 12:57 PM UTC

    We have received reports of an issue with EBSCO Discovery Service and EBSCOhost Research Databases, specifically, searches returning a Search Unavailable error. Our engineering teams are currently investigating the issue and we will update this page when more information is available.

  2. resolved Aug 03, 2026, 01:17 PM UTC

    The searching issue customers reported with EBSCO Discovery Service and EBSCOhost Research Databases is now resolved. If you continue to experience an issue please contact Customer Support. We apologize for the inconvenience.