IBM Security experienced a major incident on April 23, 2025 affecting Authentication with Cloud Directory and Authentication with SAML Identity Provider and 1 more component, lasting 1d 1h. 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 Apr 23, 2025, 07:48 AM UTC
IBM Security Verify (Japan Region) customers may be experiencing issues with the service. We are currently investigating.
- identified Apr 23, 2025, 08:11 AM UTC
The issue is identified and services are recovering
- monitoring Apr 23, 2025, 08:17 AM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- resolved Apr 24, 2025, 09:34 AM UTC
no further issues noticed. Resolving the incident.