Login.gov Outage History

There were 3 Login.gov outages since February 8, 2026 totaling 62h 8m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.login.gov

Minor April 25, 2026

Partial outage for In-Person Identity Proofing

Detected by Pingoru: Apr 25, 2026, 04:56 PM UTC
Resolved: Apr 27, 2026, 03:39 PM UTC
Duration: 1d 22h

Affected: Single Sign-On & Identity Proofing (secure.login.gov)

Timeline · 2 updates

identified Apr 25, 2026, 04:56 PM UTC

Users may be unable to enroll in in-person identity proofing at this time due to issues with one of our proofing vendors. Users may encounter timeouts or errors as they try to complete the proofing process. Users are advised to wait until the incident is resolved if they require in-person identity proofing. All other services are functioning normally at this time. We will provide an update as soon as more information is available.
resolved Apr 27, 2026, 03:39 PM UTC

This incident has been resolved.

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Notice March 19, 2026

Partial outage for Identity Verification using passports

Detected by Pingoru: Mar 19, 2026, 10:53 PM UTC
Resolved: Mar 20, 2026, 12:57 PM UTC
Duration: 14h 4m

Affected: Single Sign-On & Identity Proofing (secure.login.gov)

Timeline · 3 updates

investigating Mar 19, 2026, 10:53 PM UTC

Users will be unable to proof identity at this time using passports due to issues with one of our proofing vendors. All other services are functioning normally at this time. We will provide an update as soon as more information is available.
monitoring Mar 20, 2026, 12:42 PM UTC

The proofing vendor service is now available. We have re-enabled identity proofing with passports and we are monitoring the situation.
resolved Mar 20, 2026, 12:57 PM UTC

This incident has been resolved.

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Major February 8, 2026

A subset of PIV/CAC users are experiencing errors when authenticating

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 08, 2026, 08:25 PM UTC
Resolved: Feb 08, 2026, 09:47 PM UTC
Duration: 1h 21m

Affected: Single Sign-On & Identity Proofing (secure.login.gov)

Timeline · 2 updates

investigating Feb 08, 2026, 08:25 PM UTC

We are seeing authentication errors for a subset of our PIV/CAC users. We are currently investigating the issue.
resolved Feb 08, 2026, 09:47 PM UTC

We have identified the problem. It resulted from expired certs used by our PIV/CAC hosts. We have updated the certs and bundles on the hosts; users that previously had issues can now sign in successfully. We will continue to monitor and update accordingly if any new findings are reported.

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