HackerRank Outage History
HackerRank is up right nowPingoru has recorded 27 incidents for HackerRank: 12 in the last 12 months and 2 in the last 90 days.
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| Month | Incidents | Hours with an open incident |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | 3 | 1 of 720 (0%) |
| May 2026 | 0 | 0 of 744 (0%) |
| June 2026 | 2 | 4 of 720 (1%) |
| July 2026 | 1 | 0 of 744 (0%) |
| August 2026 | 1 | 1 of 744 (0%) |
| September 2026 | 1 | 1 of 720 (0%) |
| October 2026 | 0 | 0 of 744 (0%) |
| November 2026 | 0 | 0 of 39 (0%) |
Incidents, newest first
Minor September 1, 2026 Intermittent impact on Candidates attempting Project Based Questions 30m Tests Environment, Interviews Environment
Started Sep 01, 2026, 02:50 PM UTC· resolved Sep 01, 2026, 03:20 PM UTC
- resolved Sep 01, 2026, 02:50 PM UTC
Google Cloud is currently reporting connectivity issues between VMs, which impacted workspaces used for Project and Code Repo questions. Our service is currently operational, and we are no longer observing impact. We are continuing to closely monitor our systems while Google Cloud works to resolve the underlying connectivity issue.
Minor August 14, 2026 Increased error rates on AI Assistant for project based questions 50m Tests Environment, Interviews Environment
Started Aug 14, 2026, 11:47 AM UTC· resolved Aug 14, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC
- investigating Aug 14, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
We are seeing higher error rates in the AI Assistant for project-based questions, which may prevent candidates from using it during Tests and Interviews. Other functionality is unaffected.
- resolved Aug 14, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC
The issue has been resolved, and all services are now operating normally. Our team is continuing to monitor the platform to ensure stable performance.
Major July 28, 2026 Outage on HackerRank for Work platform 20m Tests Management, Tests Report, Tests API, Interviews Environment and 12 more
Started Jul 28, 2026, 07:37 PM UTC· resolved Jul 28, 2026, 07:57 PM UTC
- investigating Jul 28, 2026, 07:37 PM UTC
Between 7:37 PM and 7:46 PM GMT, we observed increased error rates across multiple sections of the HackerRank for work platform. The issue lasted approximately 9 minutes. Our systems have been restored and are operating normally. Our team is continuing to monitor system health closely.
Major June 25, 2026 Increased error rates in Interview management experience 1h 27m Interviews Environment, Interviews Code Evaluation, Interviews Auto Complete, Interview Management and 2 more
Started Jun 25, 2026, 02:45 PM UTC· resolved Jun 25, 2026, 04:12 PM UTC
- investigating Jun 25, 2026, 03:00 PM UTC
We are observing an elevated error rate on the Interview platform, which may result in interview sessions being unavailable. We are actively working on it.
- resolved Jun 25, 2026, 04:20 PM UTC
The issue has been resolved, and all services are now operating normally. Our team is continuing to monitor the platform to ensure stable performance.
Major June 25, 2026 Degraded performance on candidate site 2h 30m Tests Environment
Started Jun 25, 2026, 11:35 AM UTC· resolved Jun 25, 2026, 02:05 PM UTC
- investigating Jun 25, 2026, 11:30 AM UTC
We are observing high response times on candidate site which may result in slowness. We are actively working on it.
- resolved Jun 25, 2026, 02:22 PM UTC
The issue has been resolved, and the services are now operating normally. Our team is continuing to monitor the platform to ensure stable performance.
Major April 30, 2026 Outage on HackerRank for work platform 10m Tests Environment, Tests Code Evaluation, Tests Management, Tests Report and 21 more
Started Apr 30, 2026, 05:07 PM UTC· resolved Apr 30, 2026, 05:17 PM UTC
- investigating Apr 30, 2026, 05:07 PM UTC
Between 5:07 PM and 5:17 PM GMT, we observed increased error rates across multiple sections of the HackerRank for work platform. The issue lasted approximately 10 minutes. Our systems have been restored and are operating normally. Our team is continuing to monitor system health closely.
Major April 30, 2026 Outage on HackerRank for Work platform 10m Tests Management, Tests Report, Tests API, Interviews Environment and 18 more
Started Apr 30, 2026, 03:08 PM UTC· resolved Apr 30, 2026, 03:18 PM UTC
- investigating Apr 30, 2026, 03:11 PM UTC
We're seeing elevated error rates across multiple sections of the HackerRank for Work platform. Our team is investigating. We'll provide an update shortly.
- resolved Apr 30, 2026, 03:23 PM UTC
The issue has been resolved, and all services are now operating normally. Our team is continuing to monitor the platform to ensure stable performance.
Major April 30, 2026 Outage on HackerRank for Work platform 10m Tests Management, Tests Report, Tests API, Interviews Environment and 18 more
Started Apr 30, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC· resolved Apr 30, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC
- investigating Apr 30, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC
Between 12:08 PM and 12:18 PM GMT, we observed increased error rates across multiple sections of the HackerRank for work platform. The issue lasted approximately 10 minutes. Our systems have been restored and are operating normally. Our team is continuing to monitor system health closely.
Minor March 18, 2026 Intermittent logout issues on HackerRank platform 1h Login/SSO
Started Mar 18, 2026, 09:23 AM UTC· resolved Mar 18, 2026, 10:23 AM UTC
- investigating Mar 18, 2026, 09:51 AM UTC
We are currently experiencing an issue affecting HackerRank for Work accounts, where recruiters may be intermittently logged out of the platform. Our team is actively investigating and working to resolve this on priority. We will share the next update within 30 minutes.
- resolved Mar 18, 2026, 10:28 AM UTC
The issue has been resolved, and our team is continuing to monitor the platform. This incident affected a limited number of HackerRank for Work recruiter accounts.
Minor February 18, 2026 Investigating Increased Error Rates 2h
Started Feb 18, 2026, 08:45 PM UTC· resolved Feb 18, 2026, 10:45 PM UTC
- resolved Feb 18, 2026, 08:45 PM UTC
The degraded performance on the Interviews platform has been resolved.
Minor December 10, 2025 Intermittent login issues on HackerRank platform 1h 7m Interviews Environment, Login/SSO
Started Dec 10, 2025, 11:13 AM UTC· resolved Dec 10, 2025, 12:20 PM UTC
- resolved Dec 10, 2025, 11:13 AM UTC
Between 11:13 AM GMT and 12:20 PM GMT on December 10, there was an increase in error rates when users were trying to access Interviews or attempting to log in to HackerRank for Work. The issue has been fully resolved, and the platform is now operating normally.
Minor November 12, 2025 Increased error rates in Test/Interview management experience. 30m Tests Environment, Tests Management, Tests Report, Tests API and 2 more
Started Nov 12, 2025, 03:45 PM UTC· resolved Nov 12, 2025, 04:15 PM UTC
- identified Nov 12, 2025, 03:45 PM UTC
We’re seeing an elevated error rate impacting a subset of requests. Our team is investigating now. We’ll share an update within 30 minutes.
- monitoring Nov 12, 2025, 04:31 PM UTC
Things are back to normal. All systems are operating as expected. We’re continuing to monitor closely to ensure stability before marking this incident as resolved.
- resolved Nov 12, 2025, 07:06 PM UTC
The issue has been resolved, and all services are now operating normally. Our team is continuing to monitor the platform to ensure stable performance.
Minor October 20, 2025 Core Systems Healthy, Vendor Impact Persists 1h
Started Oct 20, 2025, 09:58 PM UTC· resolved Oct 20, 2025, 10:58 PM UTC
- resolved Oct 20, 2025, 09:33 PM UTC
AWS and many of our third party vendors are now fully recovered. Our core infrastructure remains healthy.
Minor October 20, 2025 Code Evaluation Partial Outage due to AWS Outage 32m Tests Code Evaluation, Interviews Code Evaluation
Started Oct 20, 2025, 05:36 PM UTC· resolved Oct 20, 2025, 06:08 PM UTC
- resolved Oct 20, 2025, 05:36 PM UTC
Due to the ongoing outage with Amazon Web Services (AWS), our code evaluation service experienced a partial outage between 5:36PM and 6:08PM GMT. The issue has been resolved as of 6:08 PM GMT, and the platform is now functioning normally. Our team is continuing to monitor the services.
Minor October 20, 2025 Delay in Tests report processing 2h 20m Tests Report
Started Oct 20, 2025, 05:36 PM UTC· resolved Oct 20, 2025, 07:56 PM UTC
- investigating Oct 20, 2025, 05:36 PM UTC
Due to the ongoing outage with Amazon Web Services (AWS), HackerRank’s Tests report processing is experiencing intermittent issues, resulting in delays in report generation. We will provide updates based on changes published to their [status page](https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status)
- resolved Oct 20, 2025, 08:13 PM UTC
Tests Report processing is now working as expected. AWS has also confirmed that its dependent service has recovered. All HackerRank services are now fully operational.
Major October 20, 2025 Amazon Web Services Outage Impacting Services 1h 20m Tests Code Evaluation, Tests Report, Interviews Code Evaluation
Started Oct 20, 2025, 07:29 AM UTC· resolved Oct 20, 2025, 08:49 AM UTC
- investigating Oct 20, 2025, 07:01 AM UTC
Due to an ongoing outage with Amazon Web Services (AWS), HackerRank's Test and Interview features, which depend on AWS, are also down. We will update based on changes published to their [status page](https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status)
- investigating Oct 20, 2025, 09:34 AM UTC
As of October 20, 2025, 08:49 AM GMT, code evaluation is operational, and candidates should now be able to run their code on the platform. However, AWS services have not yet fully recovered, which is causing delays in report processing.
- resolved Oct 20, 2025, 10:37 AM UTC
AWS has confirmed that their services have fully recovered. We are also not observing any errors with our core services. Report processing remains delayed, and we are continuing to monitor it closely.
Minor October 20, 2025 Delay in Tests report processing 4h 41m Tests Report
Started Oct 20, 2025, 07:29 AM UTC· resolved Oct 20, 2025, 12:10 PM UTC
- investigating Oct 20, 2025, 07:29 AM UTC
Due to the ongoing outage with Amazon Web Services (AWS), HackerRank’s Tests report processing is experiencing intermittent issues, resulting in delays in report generation. We will provide updates based on changes published to their [status page](https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status)
- resolved Oct 20, 2025, 12:28 PM UTC
Tests Report processing is now working as expected. AWS has also confirmed that their services have fully recovered. All HackerRank services are now fully operational.
Minor October 6, 2025 Increased Error Rates in Code Evaluation 5m Tests Code Evaluation, Interviews Code Evaluation
Started Oct 06, 2025, 05:38 AM UTC· resolved Oct 06, 2025, 05:43 AM UTC
- resolved Oct 06, 2025, 05:38 AM UTC
On October 6th, 2025, from 5:38 AM GMT to October 6th, 2025, 5:43 AM GMT, our code evaluation service experienced a partial outage, which caused compilation failures across the platform. Our engineering team quickly investigated the root cause, identified the issue, and restored stability.
Minor September 19, 2025 Candidate login issues 31m Tests Environment
Started Sep 19, 2025, 11:13 AM UTC· resolved Sep 19, 2025, 11:44 AM UTC
- resolved Sep 19, 2025, 11:13 AM UTC
Between Sep 19, 11:13 AM GMT, and 11:44 AM GMT, new candidates were unable to login to their tests. This issue has been fully resolved, and all services are now operational.
Minor June 12, 2025 Google Cloud, Cloudflare, Firebase Outage Impacting Services 2h 39m
Started Jun 12, 2025, 06:52 PM UTC· resolved Jun 12, 2025, 09:32 PM UTC
- investigating Jun 12, 2025, 06:52 PM UTC
Due to an ongoing outage with [Google Cloud Services](https://status.cloud.google.com/),[Firebase](https://status.firebase.google.com/),[Cloudflare](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/), HackerRank's test and interview features, which depend on Google Cloud Services, are also down. We will update based on changes published to their status page. .
- investigating Jun 12, 2025, 08:34 PM UTC
Google Cloud, Firebase, and Cloudflare have not fully recovered, but are starting to recover.
- resolved Jun 12, 2025, 09:32 PM UTC
External sites have recovered, and HackerRank services are now fully functional.
Minor May 22, 2025 SSO Degraded Performance on Redirects 3h Login/SSO
Started May 22, 2025, 12:33 PM UTC· resolved May 22, 2025, 03:33 PM UTC
- resolved May 22, 2025, 12:33 PM UTC
We’ve mitigated an issue affecting Single Sign-On (SSO) logins that include a redirect parameter in the URL. This happened when users click a direct link to a specific platform part (rather than starting from the login page).
Major April 17, 2025 Outage on HackerRank platform 27m Tests Environment, Tests Code Evaluation, Tests Autocomplete, Tests Management and 21 more
Started Apr 17, 2025, 01:01 AM UTC· resolved Apr 17, 2025, 01:28 AM UTC
- resolved Apr 17, 2025, 01:01 AM UTC
In order to resolve the degraded performance issue on HackerRank candidate platform, HackerRank team conducted an urgent maintenance between 1:01 AM and 1:28 AM UTC, which required temporarily taking the HackerRank platform offline. During this time, tests, interviews, and access to HackerRank’s public APIs were unavailable to all users.
Minor April 16, 2025 Candidate login issues 2h 29m Tests Environment, Tests Code Evaluation, Tests Autocomplete
Started Apr 16, 2025, 10:32 PM UTC· resolved Apr 17, 2025, 01:01 AM UTC
- investigating Apr 16, 2025, 10:32 PM UTC
We are currently experiencing issues with new candidates not being able to login to their tests. Our team is working to fix the issue.
- resolved Apr 17, 2025, 01:32 AM UTC
The login issues impacting candidate access to tests have been fixed. Normal service has been restored.
Major March 25, 2025 Outage on HackerRank platform 12m Tests Environment, Interviews Environment, Login/SSO
Started Mar 25, 2025, 12:21 PM UTC· resolved Mar 25, 2025, 12:33 PM UTC
- resolved Mar 25, 2025, 12:27 PM UTC
For a brief period between March 25, 12:21 PM GMT, and 12:33 PM GMT, one of HackerRank's core services experienced an outage. During this period, candidates were unable to access their tests/interviews and users were unable to log in to the HackerRank for Work platform. The issue has been resolved, and all services are now fully operational.
Minor February 22, 2025 Candidate login issues to a project based test 2h 6m Tests Environment
Started Feb 22, 2025, 12:00 AM UTC· resolved Feb 22, 2025, 02:06 AM UTC
- resolved Feb 22, 2025, 12:00 AM UTC
Between 12:00 AM and 2:06 AM GMT on Saturday, February 22nd, candidates were unable to log in to project-based tests, and those already logged in experienced disruptions. This issue has been fully resolved, and all services are now operational.