SSA Outage History

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SSA had 6 outages in the last 2 years totaling 12h 10m of downtime, averaging 0.2 incidents per month.

There were 6 SSA outages since October 28, 2024 totaling 12h 10m of downtime. Each is summarised below. Incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: status.ssa.gov

Major October 18, 2026

Interruption of Services on my Social Security Webapp

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 18, 2026, 06:56 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 18, 2026, 06:56 PM UTC
Duration
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Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Oct 21, 2026, 11:44 AM UTC

    On Sunday, October 18, from 2:56 PM until 3:06 PM (ET), SSA experienced a service disruption which impacted services within the my Social Security Webapp. We understand how important this portal is for our customers, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this disruption may have caused.

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Notice June 24, 2026

MySSA Service Disruption

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 24, 2026, 07:00 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 24, 2026, 07:00 PM UTC
Duration
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Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Jun 24, 2026, 08:16 PM UTC

    On June 24th, from 2:53 PM until 3:52 PM, the MySSA portal experienced a service interruption that impacted users. We understand how important this portal is for our customers, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this disruption may have caused.

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Minor March 17, 2026

Minor Service Disruption

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 17, 2026, 04:00 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 17, 2026, 04:10 PM UTC
Duration
12h 10m
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Mar 18, 2026, 06:41 PM UTC

    On March 17th from 12:10AM until 12:14AM, the MySSA portal experienced a brief inability to be accessed for some users. The Social Security Administration is investigating the incident and will provide more information when available.

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Major February 22, 2026

System Maintenance Activity

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 22, 2026, 02:30 AM UTC
Resolved
Feb 22, 2026, 02:30 AM UTC
Duration
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Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Mar 03, 2026, 01:08 PM UTC

    On Saturday, Feb 21, 2026, the Social Security Administration will be conducting system maintenance that will affect my Social Security web portal services beginning at 9:30 PM ET. The maintenance is scheduled to conclude on Sunday, Feb 22, 2026, at 4:30 AM ET.

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Notice October 4, 2025

Scheduled Maintenance

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 04, 2025, 05:00 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 04, 2025, 05:00 AM UTC
Duration
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Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Oct 08, 2025, 05:18 PM UTC

    On Saturday, October 4, 2025, the Social Security Administration conducted system maintenance that affected my Social Security web portal services beginning at 1:00 AM ET. The maintenance concluded on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at 1:15 AM ET.

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Notice April 4, 2025

Interruption of Services on mySSA

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 04, 2025, 09:00 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 04, 2025, 09:00 PM UTC
Duration
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Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Apr 30, 2025, 07:22 PM UTC

    We experienced a service disruption affecting access to mySSA. The disruption was caused by database restoration efforts for an underpinning application. Our technical teams took immediate action to fully restore service. We apologize for the inconvenience this disruption may have caused. Thank you for your understanding and continued trust as we work to ensure that such issues are minimized in the future.

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