Sage Publishing incident

Global OpenAthens Outage

Resolved after 6 hours 54 minutes, affecting Sage Journals and Sage Knowledge and 1 more, on October 20, 2026.

resolved Oct 20, 2026, 01:01 PM UTC

OpenAthens have confirmed the issue is resolved, we have tested and confirmed that access has been restored. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Started
Oct 20, 2026, 06:07 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 20, 2026, 01:01 PM UTC
Duration
6h 54m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 20, 2026, 06:07 AM UTC

Affected components

Sage JournalsSage KnowledgeSage Research MethodsSage DataCQ ResearcherCQ Press Library WebsitesSage CampusEpigeum

Update timeline

  1. investigating Oct 20, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC

    We have been alerted to a global OpenAthens outage causing access issues for customers using that access method. Until OpenAthens resolve the problem, if possible, please log in using an alternative authentication method. We recommend contacting your representative from OpenAthens, or following this page for updates: https://status.openathens.net/incidents/z5c8443mw6jj#

  2. investigating Oct 20, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. investigating Oct 20, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  4. resolved Oct 20, 2026, 01:01 PM UTC

    OpenAthens have confirmed the issue is resolved, we have tested and confirmed that access has been restored. Apologies for the inconvenience.

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