OpenText incident
Zix Email Threat Protection Link Protection Errors
OpenText experienced a major incident on July 10, 2026 affecting Zix Threat Protection - Zix Protect, lasting 6h 49m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Jul 10, 2026, 08:55 AM UTC
We are currently investigating an issue causing errors with Zix Email Threat Protection Link Protection. Our team is working to identify the cause and restore normal functionality. Further updates will be provided as they become available. Incident - IM3959175
- monitoring Jul 10, 2026, 12:50 PM UTC
The team identified the issue and resolve it roughly around 5:30 AM CST this morning. It appears that a SQL service did not properly restart which caused Link Protection to fail. We are investigating what caused the service to not properly restart but services have been restored. Incident - IM3959175
- resolved Jul 10, 2026, 03:45 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.