OpenAthens experienced a critical incident on December 6, 2023 affecting Authentication Point and Authentication API and 1 more component, lasting 20h 9m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Dec 06, 2023, 01:19 PM UTC
We’re looking into an issue that’s affecting all services for all users. Our team is working to understand what has caused the issue and we will update you within the next hour.
- investigating Dec 06, 2023, 01:28 PM UTC
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
- investigating Dec 06, 2023, 01:46 PM UTC
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
- monitoring Dec 06, 2023, 02:27 PM UTC
We have identified the cause of the issue and have implemented a fix. We are currently monitoring the fix to ensure stability of our services.
- monitoring Dec 06, 2023, 05:02 PM UTC
Thank you for your patience while we worked on this incident. We are confident that the issue has now been resolved, however, we will continue to monitor the service overnight to be sure. Our next update will be at 9am GMT.
- resolved Dec 07, 2023, 09:16 AM UTC
Following the fix at 14:09 GMT and after monitoring our service, we are now confident that this has been resolved. If you are still having issues then please contact our service desk: https://www.openathens.net/support