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Recent outages & incidents
Past 90 days- Other Services
Timeline · 2 updates
- investigating · May 15, 2026, 07:37 PM UTC
The Regulated Data (ReD) Environment is currently experiencing issues with provisioning and dispatching GPU jobs. AWS has confirmed limited GPU availability for the instance types used by the main GPU partitions. The Univ RCD Services team is investigating options to increase availability and restore normal GPU job processing. The team will continue to monitor and provide updates.
- resolved · May 20, 2026, 03:07 PM UTC
Temporary adjustments have successfully restored GPU access and have confirmed that all resources are reachable.
Latest: Temporary adjustments have successfully restored GPU access and have confirmed that all resources are reachable.
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- Secure File Transfer
Timeline · 2 updates
- investigating · May 15, 2026, 03:58 PM UTC
HUIT is experiencing issues with sending messages via Kiteworks. We are actively working with our vendor and will provide updates when we have them. In the meantime we recommend sending message with Office Message Encryption (OME) via Outlook if necessary.
- resolved · May 15, 2026, 04:25 PM UTC
Kiteworks functionality has been restored. If you continue to experience issues, please contact the HUIT Service Desk at 617-495-7777 or [email protected].
Latest: Kiteworks functionality has been restored. If you continue to experience issues, please contact the HUIT Service Desk at 617-495-7777 or [email protected].
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- Canvas
Timeline · 4 updates
- investigating · May 07, 2026, 08:33 PM UTC
HUIT is aware that the Canvas platform is currently unavailable due to a cyber incident. This incident is understood to impact many Instructure customers worldwide and is not specific to Harvard. We will post updates here as new information becomes available.
- investigating · May 08, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC
The Canvas platform continues to be unavailable. Instructure is continuing to investigate and work toward resolution. We will post updates here as new information becomes available.
- monitoring · May 08, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC
As of this morning, the Canvas platform is accessible to Harvard users. Instructure—parent company of Canvas—has stated the cyber incident is now contained: https://www.instructure.com/incident_update HUIT will continue to closely monitor this incident and Canvas system stability. If you any encounter any issues with Canvas, please contact the HUIT Service Desk: https://www.huit.harvard.edu/get-help
- resolved · May 08, 2026, 04:11 PM UTC
As of this morning, the Canvas platform is accessible to Harvard users. If you any encounter any issues with Canvas, please contact the HUIT Service Desk: https://www.huit.harvard.edu/get-help
Latest: As of this morning, the Canvas platform is accessible to Harvard users. If you any encounter any issues with Canvas, please contact the HUIT Service Desk: https://www.huit.harvard.…
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- Wired NetworkingWireless Networking
Timeline · 2 updates
- identified · Apr 24, 2026, 08:10 PM UTC
We’ve identified an issue within the athletics network that is affecting both wired and wireless connections. We are actively working to resolve the problem and restore service as quickly as possible.
- resolved · Apr 24, 2026, 08:34 PM UTC
The network in the athletics area has been fully restored and is now operating normally. If you continue to experience issues, please contact the HUIT Service Desk at 617-495-7777 or [email protected].
Latest: The network in the athletics area has been fully restored and is now operating normally. If you continue to experience issues, please contact the HUIT Service Desk at 617-495-7777 …
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- Other Services
Timeline · 3 updates
- investigating · Apr 09, 2026, 09:54 PM UTC
HUIT Networking is aware of an Eversource Energy substation issue currently impacting power and network services in the following buildings: Gutman, Longfellow, Read, Nichols, Larsen, Westengard, 51 Brattle, 86 Brattle,83 Brattle, 53 Church, Alumnae House, and 125 Mt. Auburn. HSGE and Harvard Electricians are actively engaged with Eversource to address the issue. At this time, there is no estimated timeline for power restoration. We are also aware of a network outage affecting Mather House and are working to remediate it.
- investigating · Apr 09, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC
Network services in Mather House have been restored. Power issue is still being investigated at remaining buildings.
- resolved · Apr 10, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC
Power and network services have been restored in the affected buildings.
Latest: Power and network services have been restored in the affected buildings.
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See the full HUIT outage history
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- Started May 15, 2026, 07:37 PM UTC · Resolved May 20, 2026, 03:07 PM UTC · 4d 19h
- Kiteworks Degradation ResolvedStarted May 15, 2026, 03:58 PM UTC · Resolved May 15, 2026, 04:25 PM UTC · 26m
- Started May 07, 2026, 08:33 PM UTC · Resolved May 08, 2026, 04:11 PM UTC · 19h 38m
- Athletics Area Network Interruption ResolvedStarted Apr 24, 2026, 08:10 PM UTC · Resolved Apr 24, 2026, 08:34 PM UTC · 23m
- Started Apr 09, 2026, 09:54 PM UTC · Resolved Apr 10, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC · 2h 25m
- my.Harvard Unavailable ResolvedStarted Mar 31, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC · Resolved Mar 31, 2026, 04:09 PM UTC · 3h 15m
- New Quizzes Access Error ResolvedStarted Mar 30, 2026, 03:58 PM UTC · Resolved Mar 30, 2026, 08:03 PM UTC · 4h 5m
- Started Mar 25, 2026, 10:37 PM UTC · Resolved Mar 25, 2026, 10:37 PM UTC · —