IBM Security incident
IBM Verify (Europe Region) experiencing service impacting issues.
IBM Security experienced a major incident on September 10, 2026 affecting Authentication with Cloud Directory and Authentication with SAML Identity Provider and 1 more component, lasting 15h 21m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Authentication with Cloud DirectoryAuthentication with SAML Identity ProviderAuthentication with IBMid for admin usersAuthentication with External LDAPUser ID and password authentication from APISingle sign on for SAML applicationsSingle sign on for OIDC applicationsApplication OnboardingCloud Directory Users and Groups managementUser and Group management with API client
Update timeline
- investigating Sep 10, 2026, 06:32 PM UTC
IBM Verify (Europe Region) customers may be experiencing issues with the service. We are currently investigating.
- investigating Sep 10, 2026, 07:02 PM UTC
We are still investigating the issues in Europe.
- identified Sep 10, 2026, 07:24 PM UTC
An issue has been identified and remediation action taken. Services are operational at this time
- monitoring Sep 10, 2026, 08:03 PM UTC
service continues to be stable. we continue to monitor the environment.
- resolved Sep 11, 2026, 09:53 AM UTC
Service has been stable for past several hours. Closing the incident.