IonQ Outage History

IonQ major outage · 2 active incidents View live status →

IonQ had 41 outages in the last 2 years totaling 5041h 30m of downtime, averaging 1.7 incidents per month.

There were 41 IonQ outages since September 9, 2025 totaling 5041h 30m of downtime. Each is summarised below. Incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: status.ionq.co

Critical October 14, 2026

Forte Enterprise 1 Planned Maintenance

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 14, 2026, 07:28 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 15, 2026, 04:29 AM UTC
Duration
21h
Affected: IonQ Forte Enterprise 1
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Oct 14, 2026, 07:28 AM UTC

    We are currently working in a issue affecting Forte Enterprise 1. The RTS is 07:00am UTC Oct. 15th.

  2. resolved Oct 15, 2026, 04:29 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical September 29, 2026

Forte Enterprise 1 Job Processing Outage

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 29, 2026, 11:25 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 30, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC
Duration
12h 5m
Affected: IonQ Forte Enterprise 1
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Sep 29, 2026, 11:25 PM UTC

    We are investigating an issue affecting Forte Enterprise 1. We will provide an update by 4:00pm UTC, 09/30/2026.

  2. resolved Sep 30, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical September 19, 2026

Forte Enterprise Outage 09/19

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 19, 2026, 08:14 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 21, 2026, 04:25 PM UTC
Duration
1d 20h
Affected: IonQ Forte Enterprise 1
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Sep 19, 2026, 08:14 PM UTC

    We’re currently experiencing an unexpected fault on Forte Enterprise and the system will not be able to process jobs during this time. We will provide an update by 10PM UTC, 09/19/2026 at the latest with an estimate for return to service.

  2. resolved Sep 21, 2026, 04:25 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical August 24, 2026

Forte Planned Maintenance

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 24, 2026, 01:28 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 29, 2026, 11:09 PM UTC
Duration
36d 9h
Affected: IonQ Forte
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Aug 24, 2026, 01:28 PM UTC

    Forte is currently undergoing planned maintenance. Return to service is scheduled for 9/30/2026 at 13:00 UTC.

  2. investigating Aug 24, 2026, 01:30 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. resolved Sep 29, 2026, 11:09 PM UTC

    Forte has returned from maintenance and resumed processing jobs.

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Critical August 19, 2026

Forte Job Processing Outage

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 19, 2026, 09:58 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 20, 2026, 02:03 AM UTC
Duration
4h 5m
Affected: IonQ Forte
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Aug 19, 2026, 09:58 PM UTC

    We are investigating an issue affecting Forte. Next update by 12:00am UTC, 08/20/2026.

  2. investigating Aug 20, 2026, 01:11 AM UTC

    We are continuing to work on the issue affecting Forte. We expect service to return to service with 1 hour.

  3. resolved Aug 20, 2026, 02:03 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical August 19, 2026

Forte Enterprise 1 - Planned Maintenance

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 19, 2026, 07:24 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 21, 2026, 08:50 AM UTC
Duration
2d 1h
Affected: IonQ Forte Enterprise 1
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Aug 19, 2026, 07:24 AM UTC

    We are investigating an issue affecting Forte Enterprise 1 to improve its performance. The RTS is planned for Friday (08/21) at 23:59 UTC

  2. resolved Aug 21, 2026, 08:50 AM UTC

    Forte Enterprise 1 is back online and processing jobs.

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Critical August 14, 2026

Forte Enterprise 1 offline

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 14, 2026, 01:10 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 14, 2026, 07:17 PM UTC
Duration
6h 7m
Affected: IonQ Forte Enterprise 1
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified Aug 14, 2026, 01:10 PM UTC

    Forte Enterprise 1 will be offline from 12pm - 5pm UTC on Friday, 8/14/2026.

  2. resolved Aug 14, 2026, 07:17 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical August 12, 2026

Forte Extended Calibrations

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 12, 2026, 09:57 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 13, 2026, 01:34 AM UTC
Duration
3h 37m
Affected: IonQ Forte
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Aug 12, 2026, 09:57 PM UTC

    Forte's calibrations are likely to complete closer to 11:30pm UTC today.

  2. resolved Aug 13, 2026, 01:34 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor August 6, 2026

Forte Enterprise 1 Degraded Performance

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 06, 2026, 12:23 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 12, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC
Duration
6d 11h
Affected: IonQ Forte Enterprise 1
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Aug 06, 2026, 12:23 AM UTC

    Forte Enterprise 1 remains online, though we continue to investigate degraded performance due to unexpected system drift.

  2. investigating Aug 12, 2026, 09:54 AM UTC

    Forte Enterprise 1 is back to normal operations

  3. resolved Aug 12, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical July 23, 2026

HVAC incident

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 23, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 08, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC
Duration
15d 11h
Affected: IonQ Forte
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jul 23, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. investigating Aug 08, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC

    Forte has returned to processing jobs.

  3. resolved Aug 08, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical July 13, 2026

Forte Offline

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 13, 2026, 07:14 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 16, 2026, 02:55 AM UTC
Duration
2d 7h
Affected: IonQ Forte
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jul 13, 2026, 07:14 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. resolved Jul 16, 2026, 02:55 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved. Forte has returned to processing jobs.

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Minor June 29, 2026

Forte 1

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 29, 2026, 09:20 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 01, 2026, 01:11 PM UTC
Duration
1d 15h
Affected: IonQ Forte
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Jun 29, 2026, 09:20 PM UTC

    Forte is running with degraded performance. We are investigating this issue and will provide a status update by 07/02/2026 at 2:00am UTC.

  2. investigating Jul 01, 2026, 07:22 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. investigating Jul 01, 2026, 01:11 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  4. resolved Jul 01, 2026, 01:11 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical June 25, 2026

API outage

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 25, 2026, 10:21 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 25, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC
Duration
3m
Affected: API
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified Jun 25, 2026, 10:22 PM UTC

    We're investigating an outage in the API, we apologize for any inconvenience this may be causing.

  2. resolved Jun 25, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC

    This incident was caused by a rollout that had unexpected production impact, we are continuously looking for ways to improve our processes to prevent issues like this, and do not expect a recurrence at this time.

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Critical June 22, 2026

Forte Enterprise 1 planned maintenance

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 22, 2026, 08:18 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 04, 2026, 01:52 PM UTC
Duration
43d 5h
Affected: IonQ Forte Enterprise 1
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Jun 22, 2026, 08:18 AM UTC

    We are conducting a planned maintenance to replace the cold head.

  2. monitoring Aug 04, 2026, 02:32 AM UTC

    Forte Enterprise 1 has completed its planned maintenance ahead of schedule and is back online and processing jobs. It is currently operating in a degraded state due to unexpected system drift. In order to prioritize customer availability, we have opted to return the system to service now, rather than remain offline for further testing. We are actively investigating the source of the drift and will provide an update if there are any changes to the system status.

  3. monitoring Aug 04, 2026, 01:50 PM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  4. resolved Aug 04, 2026, 01:52 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical May 8, 2026

Forte under maintenance.

Detected by Pingoru
May 08, 2026, 12:06 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 23, 2026, 05:33 PM UTC
Duration
46d 5h
Affected: IonQ Forte
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating May 08, 2026, 12:06 PM UTC

    Forte is currently under maintenance.

  2. resolved Jun 23, 2026, 05:33 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical May 4, 2026

Forte Enterprise 1 scheduled maintenance

Detected by Pingoru
May 04, 2026, 06:54 AM UTC
Resolved
May 28, 2026, 08:15 PM UTC
Duration
24d 13h
Affected: IonQ Forte Enterprise 1
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating May 04, 2026, 06:54 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. investigating May 04, 2026, 06:55 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. investigating May 04, 2026, 06:56 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  4. resolved May 28, 2026, 08:15 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice May 3, 2026

Failure to populate Queue Depth

Detected by Pingoru
May 03, 2026, 07:44 AM UTC
Resolved
May 03, 2026, 07:44 AM UTC
Duration
–
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved May 03, 2026, 07:44 AM UTC

    We had a gap in the publishing of queue time to this status page from April 30 to May 3rd

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Critical April 29, 2026

Forte Offline 4/29

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 29, 2026, 02:08 PM UTC
Resolved
May 01, 2026, 10:44 AM UTC
Duration
1d 20h
Affected: IonQ Forte
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Apr 29, 2026, 02:08 PM UTC

    We will be taking Forte offline today to address a drift in the system. We expect to be back online by 2:00 pm UTC tomorrow, and will keep you posted if it looks like we'll be coming back any sooner (or later) than that.

  2. investigating May 01, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC

    We are continuing to troubleshoot this issue and will send another update by 2:00 pm UTC on 5/1/26.

  3. resolved May 01, 2026, 10:44 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical April 17, 2026

Forte Enterprise 1 Job Processing Outage, April 17

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 17, 2026, 03:07 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 20, 2026, 07:04 PM UTC
Duration
3d 3h
Affected: IonQ Forte Enterprise 1
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Apr 17, 2026, 03:07 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. resolved Apr 20, 2026, 07:04 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice April 15, 2026

Api 404s

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 15, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 15, 2026, 11:36 PM UTC
Duration
3m
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Apr 15, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC

    Due to an unexpected issue with a rollout, the API experienced a period of erroneously returning 404s for 3 minutes between 23:33 - 23:36 UTC April 15, 2026. We apologize for this disruption and have no concerns of a recurrence at this time.

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Critical April 9, 2026

Forte offline

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 09, 2026, 02:19 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 10, 2026, 11:18 PM UTC
Duration
1d 20h
Affected: IonQ Forte
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Apr 09, 2026, 02:19 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. resolved Apr 10, 2026, 11:18 PM UTC

    The issue is now resolved and Forte is back online.

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Critical March 28, 2026

Forte Enterprise Outage 3/28

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 28, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 29, 2026, 03:06 PM UTC
Duration
16h 55m
Affected: IonQ Forte Enterprise 1
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Mar 28, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC

    We are currently experiencing an unexpected fault on Forte Enterprise and expect that the system will not be able to process jobs during this time. We will provide an update by 3/29/2026 1AM UTC at the latest with the status of the investigation and an estimate for return to service.

  2. investigating Mar 29, 2026, 03:01 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. resolved Mar 29, 2026, 03:06 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical March 24, 2026

Forte Outage 03/24

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 24, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 24, 2026, 07:44 PM UTC
Duration
8h 3m
Affected: IonQ Forte
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Mar 24, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. resolved Mar 24, 2026, 07:44 PM UTC

    a planned HVAC maintenance was causing issues and now the system is operational.

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Critical March 6, 2026

Forte Enterprise 1 investigation

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 06, 2026, 09:28 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 25, 2026, 07:07 PM UTC
Duration
19d 9h
Affected: IonQ Forte Enterprise 1
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Mar 06, 2026, 09:28 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. resolved Mar 25, 2026, 07:07 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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