Is Heriot-Watt University down?

Last checked 9m ago
Current status
3 Heriot-Watt University components are degraded

The rest are up. Active incident: Planned Student Administration Systems Downtime – 10-11 November.

  • Eduroam wifi: degraded
  • Network: degraded
  • Network Connectivity: degraded
  • Official status page: hwstatus.info
  • Checked every 5 minutes
  • 101 components tracked

3 Heriot-Watt University components are degraded right now (last checked 9m ago). The rest are up. Active incident: Planned Student Administration Systems Downtime – 10-11 November.

Real-time Heriot-Watt University status, recent outages, and incident history: pulled directly from Heriot-Watt University's official status page at hwstatus.info every 5 minutes. Pingoru tracks 101 Heriot-Watt University services and has captured 30 incidents in the last 90 days (98.82% uptime). Get email, Slack, Discord, or webhook alerts the moment Heriot-Watt University reports a new incident, free for 3 monitors, no credit card.

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Recent outages & incidents

Past 90 days
  1. Resolved 4d 1h
    Started Nov 05, 2026, 08:20 AM UTC · Resolved Nov 09, 2026, 09:34 AM UTC
    Web and IntranetWeb CMS
    Timeline · 2 updates
    • investigating · Nov 05, 2026, 08:20 AM UTC

      Some people are experiencing problems with our CMS service right now. We're so sorry about that. Please standby for further updates, and we'll be in touch as soon as we know more.

    • resolved · Nov 09, 2026, 09:34 AM UTC

      We've now resolved the incident. Thanks for your patience.

    Latest: We've now resolved the incident. Thanks for your patience.

  2. Resolved 2s
    Started Oct 29, 2026, 08:31 PM UTC · Resolved Oct 29, 2026, 08:31 PM UTC
    Web and IntranetResearch websitesNational Robotarium
    Timeline · 2 updates
    • investigating · Oct 29, 2026, 08:31 PM UTC

      Our monitoring software has detected a potential issue with one or more of our research websites. The team has been alerted.

    • resolved · Oct 29, 2026, 08:31 PM UTC

      It looks like the issue with one or more of our research websites has been resolved.

    Latest: It looks like the issue with one or more of our research websites has been resolved.

  3. Resolved 7h 51m
    Started Oct 29, 2026, 02:57 AM UTC · Resolved Oct 29, 2026, 10:49 AM UTC
    Web and IntranetWeb forms
    Timeline · 2 updates
    • investigating · Oct 29, 2026, 02:57 AM UTC

      Our monitoring software has identified a potential issue with one or more of our websites - our team has been alerted.

    • resolved · Oct 29, 2026, 10:49 AM UTC

      We've now resolved the incident. Thanks for your patience.

    Latest: We've now resolved the incident. Thanks for your patience.

  4. Resolved 18h 36m
    Started Oct 28, 2026, 04:20 PM UTC · Resolved Oct 29, 2026, 10:56 AM UTC
    Learning & Teaching SystemsStudent Administration SystemsSystems for StudentsHeriot-Watt Online Student Portal (Edinburgh Business School)EBS Student Portal - learning.online
    Timeline · 2 updates
    • investigating · Oct 28, 2026, 04:20 PM UTC

      The ongoing Adobe Connect issue is making it so we are currently unable to run online tutorials via the EBS Student Portal. We believe once these issues have been fixed by Adobe our ability to run tutorials will return to normal. Information about the Adobe Connect issue is available here: [https://status.adobe.com/](https://status.adobe.com/)

    • resolved · Oct 29, 2026, 10:56 AM UTC

      This issue should now be resolved.

    Latest: This issue should now be resolved.

  5. Resolved 3d
    Started Oct 23, 2026, 08:04 AM UTC · Resolved Oct 26, 2026, 08:26 AM UTC
    Learning & Teaching SystemsCanvas VLE
    Timeline · 2 updates
    • investigating · Oct 23, 2026, 08:10 AM UTC

      The issue affecting iOS browsers appears to have resolved, although Canvas have not yet confirmed this. If you continue to experience problems, please use a non-Apple device or the Canvas Student app to access your courses.

    • resolved · Oct 26, 2026, 08:26 AM UTC

      The incident impacting iOS browsers accessing Canvas is now resolved, thank you for your patience.

    Latest: The incident impacting iOS browsers accessing Canvas is now resolved, thank you for your patience.

See the full Heriot-Watt University outage history

27 more incidents in the last 90 days, plus the full multi-year archive of per-service events and update timelines.

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Incident record

Since April 2026 · Sorryapp Public · 101 components checked every 5 minutes
90incidents recorded
90last 12 months
30last 90 days
34 hourstypical duration, 12 months

The longest incident in the last year, VPN on UK campuses on September 29, 2026, ran for 23 days. 24 maintenance windows announced in the same period.

Most affected components, last 12 months

  • Web and Intranet5
  • Learning & Teaching Systems2
  • Research websites2
  • Web forms2
  • Canvas VLE1

Latest incidents

  • We're currently having issues November 5, 2026 · 4 days · major outage

    Some people are experiencing problems with our CMS service right now. We're so sorry about that. Please standby for further updates, and we'll be in touch as…

  • Potential downtime with Research website October 29, 2026 · under a minute · major outage

    Our monitoring software has detected a potential issue with one or more of our research websites. The team has been alerted.

  • Websites - Potential Downtime October 29, 2026 · 8 hours · major outage

    Our monitoring software has identified a potential issue with one or more of our websites - our team has been alerted.

Outage history

Past 90 days · 32 incidents View full outage history →