OverDrive Outage History

There were 3 OverDrive outages since April 24, 2026 totaling 52h 25m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.overdrive.com

Minor May 1, 2026

OverDrive Listen (audiobook) Playback and Download

Detected by Pingoru: May 01, 2026, 08:44 PM UTC
Resolved: May 03, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC
Duration: 1d 14h

Affected: LibbySoraOverDrive Library Sites

Timeline · 5 updates

investigating May 01, 2026, 08:44 PM UTC

We are currently investigating issues with playing and downloading audiobooks from Libby and Sora from certain countries in Europe.
identified May 01, 2026, 09:20 PM UTC

The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
monitoring May 01, 2026, 09:58 PM UTC

A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
monitoring May 01, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC

Services have been restored, but we will continue to monitor for further issues.
resolved May 03, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC

This incident has been resolved.

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Major May 1, 2026

Libby and Sora Extras

Detected by Pingoru: May 01, 2026, 08:22 PM UTC
Resolved: May 01, 2026, 10:19 PM UTC
Duration: 1h 56m

Affected: Extras (Databases & Streaming Media)

Timeline · 4 updates

investigating May 01, 2026, 08:22 PM UTC

We are currently investigating issues with accessing our Extras products from Libby and Sora from certain countries in Europe.
identified May 01, 2026, 09:20 PM UTC

The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
monitoring May 01, 2026, 09:58 PM UTC

A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
resolved May 01, 2026, 10:19 PM UTC

This incident has been resolved.

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Minor April 24, 2026

Libby and Sora apps are experiencing degraded performance

Detected by Pingoru: Apr 24, 2026, 12:52 PM UTC
Resolved: Apr 25, 2026, 01:07 AM UTC
Duration: 12h 14m

Affected: LibbySoraMagazinesExtras (Databases & Streaming Media)OverDrive Library SitesDevice Integrations

Timeline · 4 updates

investigating Apr 24, 2026, 12:52 PM UTC

We are currently investigating this issue.
identified Apr 24, 2026, 07:15 PM UTC

The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
monitoring Apr 24, 2026, 10:35 PM UTC

A fix has been identified, and services are back to normal operation. We continue to monitor for further issues.
resolved Apr 25, 2026, 01:07 AM UTC

This incident has been resolved.

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