IonQ experienced a critical incident on February 20, 2026 affecting IonQ Forte, lasting 19d 15h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
IonQ Forte
Update timeline
- investigating Feb 20, 2026, 11:12 PM UTC
We are currently investigating this issue
- investigating Feb 23, 2026, 02:15 PM UTC
We are taking the system offline due to a planned maintenance. The current RTS for this maintenance is Thursday, March 12th (UTC).
- resolved Mar 12, 2026, 02:53 PM UTC
Forte is back online and currently running jobs. System status should be reflected on the system status page shortly.