Software of Excellence EXACT Outage History

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Software of Excellence EXACT had 35 outages in the last 2 years totaling 542h 33m of downtime — averaging 1.4 incidents per month.

There were 35 Software of Excellence EXACT outages since July 15, 2024 totaling 542h 33m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://exact.statuspage.io

Notice April 14, 2026

Live Chat and EXACT Assist down

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 14, 2026, 12:07 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 14, 2026, 01:25 PM UTC
Duration
1h 17m
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Apr 14, 2026, 12:07 PM UTC

    We are currently aware of an issue causing our Live Chat and EXACT Assist system to be unresponsive. Our team is working closely with third-party providers to resolve this as quickly as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience and will provide updates as soon as more information becomes available.

  2. resolved Apr 14, 2026, 01:25 PM UTC

    The issue affecting our Live Chat and EXACT Assist systems has now been resolved. All services are operating as normal. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and appreciate your patience while we worked to fix the issue.

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Minor April 7, 2026

Degraded Performance in Onine Booking and Patient Portal

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 07, 2026, 08:55 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 07, 2026, 03:17 PM UTC
Duration
6h 21m
Affected: Online Booking
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified Apr 07, 2026, 08:55 AM UTC

    We have observed an issue affecting the performance of Online Booking and the Patient Portal for EXACT users. Our development team is currently implementing potential fixes.

  2. resolved Apr 07, 2026, 03:17 PM UTC

    We are now seeing that both Online Booking and Patient Portal have returned to normal

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Minor April 2, 2026

Issues Effecting Patient Portal

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 02, 2026, 01:16 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 04, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC
Duration
1d 21h
Affected: Patient SMS CommunicationOnline Booking
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Apr 02, 2026, 01:16 PM UTC

    We are currently experiancing an issue effecting portal forms on exact. The issue presents as either patients not recieveing the text with the MFA code to log in, or that when thye do fill forms out they are not visable in EXACT. Our development team are currently Investigating this issue.

  2. resolved Apr 04, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC

    The issue with Patient Portal has now been resolved. This was caused by a change in the Microsoft Azure system. We are seeing SMS message for the 2FA system and forms moving as normal. Some patients may report this issue, this is likely due to them attempting to fill out forms during the outage, please have them try again now and if still failing send them a new link.

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Critical March 31, 2026

Online Booking outage

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 31, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 31, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC
Duration
1h 19m
Affected: Online Booking
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Mar 31, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

    We identified and resolved an issue impacting Exact Online Booking and the Patient Portal. All services are operational once again.

  2. investigating Mar 31, 2026, 11:46 PM UTC

    We identified and resolved an issue impacting Exact Online Booking and the Patient Portal. All services are operational once again.

  3. resolved Mar 31, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major March 12, 2026

Online Booking/SOE Connect/Prior Approvals Issues

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 12, 2026, 09:21 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 12, 2026, 03:24 PM UTC
Duration
6h 2m
Affected: Online Booking
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Mar 12, 2026, 09:21 AM UTC

    We are aware of an issue currently affecting Online Booking, SOE Connect and Prior Approvals for some users. Our Development Team are aware and actively investigating this, with a fix anticipated shortly.

  2. monitoring Mar 12, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC

    We have identified the cause of the issue to be an overnight failure in the worker services connecting to the cloud services. To resolve the issue, a server restart is required. This can be performed by the practice or with the help of their IT Team. However, if any assistance is needed here, please contact us via live chat.

  3. resolved Mar 12, 2026, 03:24 PM UTC

    This incident has been investigated. We recommend a server restart to resolve the issue, however for customers to contact us should this not be successful. Thank you.

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Critical March 3, 2026

Online Booking/Portal Issues

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 03, 2026, 04:28 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 03, 2026, 05:37 PM UTC
Duration
1h 8m
Affected: Online Booking
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Mar 03, 2026, 04:28 PM UTC

    Our Development Team are aware of the issue and are actively investigating to find a resolution as quickly as possible.

  2. resolved Mar 03, 2026, 05:37 PM UTC

    We can confirm that this issue has been resolved following investigation and testing from our Development Team.

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Minor March 3, 2026

Issues with Pearl AI (Second Opinion Imaging Software)

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 03, 2026, 03:52 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 03, 2026, 04:45 PM UTC
Duration
52m
Affected: EXACT API
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified Mar 03, 2026, 03:52 PM UTC

    Second Opinion has identified and reported an issue with their Pearl AI software, which integrates with EXACT. Customers worldwide are reporting delays and slowness that are preventing images and detections from appearing. The Pearl team is treating this as a priority, and we will provide an update as soon as more information becomes available.

  2. resolved Mar 03, 2026, 04:45 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major March 3, 2026

Issues with NHS transmission and accessing CHI Numbers in EXACT

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 03, 2026, 10:01 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 03, 2026, 03:48 PM UTC
Duration
5h 46m
Affected: Claims and Payments
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified Mar 03, 2026, 10:01 AM UTC

    An issue has been identified with NHS systems in EXACT, which is currently affecting both Transmissions and CHI numbers. This appears to be a wider NHS issue, as it is being reported across multiple Practice Management Systems, not just EXACT. We are actively liaising with the NHS to help get this resolved. At present, this issue is affecting sites in Scotland only.

  2. resolved Mar 03, 2026, 03:48 PM UTC

    We are currently awaiting confirmation from the NHS. However, based on our own testing, this issue now appears to be resolved. If you are still experiencing the problem, please restart your server machine. If you are unsure how a restart may affect your IT environment, please liaise with your IT team to ensure it is restarted correctly.

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Major January 26, 2026

Integrated Payments - Microsoft Azure Issue

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 26, 2026, 09:27 AM UTC
Resolved
Jan 26, 2026, 02:02 PM UTC
Duration
4h 35m
Affected: Claims and Payments
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. monitoring Jan 26, 2026, 09:27 AM UTC

    Microsoft have reported an issue with Azure in the UK South region. This may have an affect on our Worldpay integration due to a dependancy on this service. Practices experiencing issues are advised to revert to taking payments manually via the terminal. For instructions on how to complete this, click link here: https://help.softwareofexcellence.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360061593331-Setting-the-Paymentsense-Dojo-Terminal-to-Stand-Alone

  2. resolved Jan 26, 2026, 02:02 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major January 14, 2026

Issue with Integrated Payments through EXACT

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 14, 2026, 04:58 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 15, 2026, 10:24 AM UTC
Duration
17h 26m
Affected: Claims and Payments
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jan 14, 2026, 04:58 PM UTC

    We are aware of an issue with integrated payments and are currently investigating the cause of the issue and a resolution. In the meantime, you can still takes payments using 'standalone mode' by following this guide https://help.softwareofexcellence.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360061593331-Setting-the-Paymentsense-Dojo-Terminal-to-Stand-Alone We will update this page when we know more. Thank you.

  2. resolved Jan 15, 2026, 10:24 AM UTC

    The cause of the payment integration issue has been identified. The cause was due to a Microsoft service update that caused an issue with a service known as the worker service. With this in mind, this may also affect other services such as Online Bookings. This issue can be resolved by restarting this service. The best way to do this is to restart your Server machine. We recommend contacting your IT before restarting your server to make sure it is done safely and in line with your IT/Hardware setup.

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Critical December 10, 2025

SOE Connect

Detected by Pingoru
Dec 10, 2025, 09:49 AM UTC
Resolved
Dec 10, 2025, 03:12 PM UTC
Duration
5h 22m
Affected: Claims and Payments
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Dec 10, 2025, 09:49 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue with SOE Connect affecting all sites. This may impact services in EXACT, including integrated payments (Dojo, Paymentsense, and Worldpay) as well as Prior Approvals for NHS Scotland. In the meantime, please follow our guide on setting your payment terminals to Stand-Alone Mode, so you can manually enter payments into EXACT if required. https://help.softwareofexcellence.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360061593331-Setting-the-Paymentsense-Dojo-Terminal-to-Stand-Alone

  2. identified Dec 10, 2025, 11:01 AM UTC

    We have identified the root cause of the issue, and we are in the process of implementing a fix.

  3. monitoring Dec 10, 2025, 11:15 AM UTC

    The Fix has been implemented, and we are seeing success from sites after restarting their exact. Please log out of EXACT and log back in, and test the affected services.

  4. resolved Dec 10, 2025, 03:12 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice December 2, 2025

Clinipad Issue

Detected by Pingoru
Dec 02, 2025, 12:58 PM UTC
Resolved
Dec 04, 2025, 10:43 AM UTC
Duration
1d 21h
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. identified Dec 02, 2025, 12:58 PM UTC

    We are currently receiving reports from EXACT customers that the CliniPad app is crashing on Apple/iOS devices. Our teams are actively investigating the issue with the group responsible for CliniPad updates and are working towards a resolution. In the meantime, some sites have reported success after updating their iPads to iOS 26 (or the latest version available to you). If this does not resolve the issue, please continue to monitor this page for further updates.

  2. identified Dec 03, 2025, 09:57 AM UTC

    The Clinipad App has been removed from the Apple App Store while we test a new fix. Clinipad will be made available in the App Store again once testing has been completed.

  3. resolved Dec 04, 2025, 10:43 AM UTC

    The fixed version of the Clinipad App is now available on the Apple App Store (V2.3.1) If you were experiencing issues with your Clinipads, please update or reinstall the app to resolve. If this does not resolve your issue, please contact our support team through Live Chat.

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Major October 29, 2025

Microsoft Outage

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 29, 2025, 08:36 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 29, 2025, 10:56 PM UTC
Duration
2h 20m
Affected: EXACT APIOnline BookingClaims and Payments
Timeline · 7 updates
  1. investigating Oct 29, 2025, 08:36 PM UTC

    We are currently experiencing a Microsoft outage, which is affecting the performance of a number of features of Exact, such as Online Booking, Patient Portal and Integrated Payments. Microsoft has implemented a fix and is currently working on rolling that fix out to impacted regions.

  2. investigating Oct 29, 2025, 08:36 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. identified Oct 29, 2025, 08:39 PM UTC

    The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

  4. identified Oct 29, 2025, 09:27 PM UTC

    We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

  5. identified Oct 29, 2025, 09:28 PM UTC

    We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

  6. monitoring Oct 29, 2025, 09:28 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  7. resolved Oct 29, 2025, 10:56 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor August 20, 2025

Pearl AI not loading images taken today

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 20, 2025, 10:41 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 20, 2025, 05:03 PM UTC
Duration
6h 22m
Affected: EXACT API
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Aug 20, 2025, 10:41 AM UTC

    We are aware of an issue impacting Pearl AI, whereby some practices may be unable to see images taken today, and they will load up either a black screen or without the current images showing. Historical images are unaffected. Our engineers are investigating and working to restore full functionality.

  2. monitoring Aug 20, 2025, 01:16 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. resolved Aug 20, 2025, 05:03 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical August 18, 2025

Online Booking Payments Error

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 18, 2025, 07:30 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 18, 2025, 02:51 PM UTC
Duration
7h 21m
Affected: Online Booking
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Aug 18, 2025, 07:30 AM UTC

    We’re aware of an issue affecting our online booking payments system. Please do not enter deposits manually. If a deposit has already been processed manually for a missing appointment, please delete it. Our development team is actively investigating the cause of the issue and working on a resolution. Updates will be posted here as soon as more information becomes available. We appreciate your patience and understanding while we resolve this issue.

  2. resolved Aug 18, 2025, 02:51 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major June 6, 2025

Unable to contact Support via Live Chat

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 06, 2025, 01:26 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 06, 2025, 03:15 PM UTC
Duration
1h 48m
Affected: EXACT API
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified Jun 06, 2025, 01:26 PM UTC

    We have identified an issue causing users to be unable to contact our agents via Live Chat. We are working on a full resolution currently and will update our status page as soon as we can. Exact Assist can still be accessed and will be able to provide answers to most queries.

  2. resolved Jun 06, 2025, 03:15 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor May 28, 2025

Patient Portal Slowness

Detected by Pingoru
May 28, 2025, 10:04 AM UTC
Resolved
May 28, 2025, 10:57 AM UTC
Duration
53m
Affected: Online Booking
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating May 28, 2025, 10:04 AM UTC

    We are aware of slowness issues with Patient Portal, we are currently investigating and will update in due course.

  2. investigating May 28, 2025, 10:09 AM UTC

    Our development team have been made aware of the slowness and are currently working to identify the problem.

  3. resolved May 28, 2025, 10:57 AM UTC

    There will now be improvements and reduced slowness due to a fix development have deployed. We are continuing to monitor this to ensure there are no further problems with slowness following this situation today. Our Development team will also be looking into the route cause of this problem going fowards.

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Critical May 22, 2025

Emails via Campaign+ are not sending

Detected by Pingoru
May 22, 2025, 01:12 PM UTC
Resolved
May 22, 2025, 08:02 PM UTC
Duration
6h 49m
Affected: Patient SMS Communication
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating May 22, 2025, 01:12 PM UTC

    We are aware that emails via Campaign+ are currently not sending. We are investigating this issue, and will update on our status page here as soon as possible.

  2. resolved May 22, 2025, 08:02 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major May 20, 2025

Patient Portal Slowness/Crashing

Detected by Pingoru
May 20, 2025, 09:38 AM UTC
Resolved
May 20, 2025, 12:08 PM UTC
Duration
2h 29m
Affected: Online Booking
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating May 20, 2025, 09:38 AM UTC

    We are aware of an issue causing slowness and crashing on Patient Portal. We are investigating the issue and will update here as soon as we have identified the cause.

  2. resolved May 20, 2025, 12:08 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major May 9, 2025

SOE Gateway Email Error

Detected by Pingoru
May 09, 2025, 09:15 AM UTC
Resolved
May 09, 2025, 04:46 PM UTC
Duration
7h 30m
Affected: Patient SMS Communication
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating May 09, 2025, 09:15 AM UTC

    We are aware of an issue with @soegateway emails, with a Socket Exception error being thrown. We are currently investigating the issue and will provide an update here as soon as possible.

  2. resolved May 09, 2025, 04:46 PM UTC

    This incident has now been resolved.

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Minor April 30, 2025

Online Booking Slowness/Performance Issues

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 30, 2025, 02:41 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 30, 2025, 04:07 PM UTC
Duration
1h 26m
Affected: Online Booking
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Apr 30, 2025, 02:41 PM UTC

    We have identified an issue causing slowness with Online Booking. We are currently investigating this issue and will update our status page here as soon as possible.

  2. monitoring Apr 30, 2025, 03:18 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. resolved Apr 30, 2025, 04:07 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved by Development.

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Major April 1, 2025

Payment Integrations Not Working

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 01, 2025, 07:51 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 01, 2025, 09:28 AM UTC
Duration
1h 36m
Affected: EXACT API
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Apr 01, 2025, 07:51 AM UTC

    We are aware of an issue currently affecting payment integrations within Exact. We are investigating this issue and will update this page as soon as possible.

  2. resolved Apr 01, 2025, 09:28 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major March 24, 2025

Phone lines are down

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 24, 2025, 08:59 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 24, 2025, 09:02 AM UTC
Duration
2m
Affected: EXACT API
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. monitoring Mar 24, 2025, 08:59 AM UTC

    We are currently experiencing technical issues with our phone lines, we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. For immediate assistance, we kindly ask that you reach out to us via live chat either in the top right of your EXACT, or on our website help.softwareofexcellence.com. Our team is available and ready to help you. Thank you for your understanding and patience.

  2. resolved Mar 24, 2025, 09:02 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major March 12, 2025

Address Finder and Suggested Searches Error

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 12, 2025, 11:37 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 12, 2025, 01:00 PM UTC
Duration
1h 23m
Affected: EXACT Core
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Mar 12, 2025, 11:37 AM UTC

    We are aware of an issue currently affecting access to Address Finder, Pearl AI and our Suggested Searches feature. Our team are working to resolve this as soon as possible. Please note, although suggested searches is affected, manual patient lists can still be created. Thank you for your patience.

  2. investigating Mar 12, 2025, 11:42 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. resolved Mar 12, 2025, 01:00 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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