Thomson Reuters Legal Outage History

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There were 30 Thomson Reuters Legal outages since February 5, 2026 totaling 88h 47m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://legal-status.thomsonreuters.com

Minor April 29, 2026

CLEAR & Public Records Search Errors

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 29, 2026, 04:22 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 29, 2026, 06:09 PM UTC
Duration
1h 46m
Affected: CLEARWestlaw US
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Apr 29, 2026, 04:22 PM UTC

    We are currently experiencing a performance issue with Searches with our CLEAR and Public Records applications. Our team is actively working to resolve this matter as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and patience.

  2. resolved Apr 29, 2026, 06:09 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major April 25, 2026

HighQ US File Management Outage

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 25, 2026, 11:04 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 25, 2026, 11:53 PM UTC
Duration
48m
Affected: UK HiqhQ (Collaborate)USA HiqhQ (Collaborate)
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Apr 25, 2026, 11:04 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. investigating Apr 25, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. investigating Apr 25, 2026, 11:35 PM UTC

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

  4. resolved Apr 25, 2026, 11:53 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice April 21, 2026

CoCounsel File Upload Degraded Performance - US

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 21, 2026, 11:57 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 22, 2026, 02:59 AM UTC
Duration
3h 2m
Affected: CoCounsel Core
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Apr 21, 2026, 11:57 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. resolved Apr 22, 2026, 02:59 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice April 11, 2026

HighQ USA2 Outage

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 11, 2026, 02:11 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 12, 2026, 12:10 AM UTC
Duration
9h 59m
Affected: USA HiqhQ (Collaborate)USA HiqhQ (Publisher)
Timeline · 5 updates
  1. investigating Apr 11, 2026, 02:11 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. identified Apr 11, 2026, 04:01 PM UTC

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

  3. identified Apr 11, 2026, 06:47 PM UTC

    The primary fix has been implemented and systems are coming back online.

  4. monitoring Apr 11, 2026, 09:47 PM UTC

    Systems are online. We are monitoring performance and error rates.

  5. resolved Apr 12, 2026, 12:10 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical April 7, 2026

Service Disruption for HighQ Customers Hosted in UK Datacentre

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 07, 2026, 12:44 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 07, 2026, 01:33 PM UTC
Duration
49m
Affected: UK HiqhQ (Collaborate)UK HiqhQ (Publisher)
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Apr 07, 2026, 12:44 PM UTC

    One of our UK datacentres is currently inaccessible and we are actively engaging with the provider. All customers hosted at this location are impacted.

  2. investigating Apr 07, 2026, 01:14 PM UTC

    We are actively working with the provider to resolve the UK datacentre connectivity issue. While there is no new update at this time, we will share further information as soon as possible.

  3. investigating Apr 07, 2026, 01:33 PM UTC

    Our provider has resolved the connectivity issue impacting our UK datacentre, and all services are now operational. Root cause details are not yet available. We will provide further information if required. This incident is now closed.

  4. resolved Apr 07, 2026, 01:33 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major April 1, 2026

UK On - Prem mail server issue

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 01, 2026, 08:39 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 01, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC
Duration
1h 40m
Affected: UK HiqhQ (Collaborate)
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Apr 01, 2026, 08:39 AM UTC

    Outgoing emails are currently stuck in the queue, and the issue is under investigation.

  2. investigating Apr 01, 2026, 09:51 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating the issue.

  3. identified Apr 01, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC

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

  4. resolved Apr 01, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC

    The issue has been resolved, and outbound emails are now being sent successfully from the queue.

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Major March 31, 2026

AI research features within Westlaw and CoCounsel are failing

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 31, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 01, 2026, 07:21 AM UTC
Duration
8h 48m
Affected: Practical Law USCoCounsel CorePractical Law CanadaCoCounsel DraftingPractical Law UKWestlaw USWestlaw CanadaPractical Law ANZWestlaw UKWestlaw ANZ
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Mar 31, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. investigating Apr 01, 2026, 07:17 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. resolved Apr 01, 2026, 07:21 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major March 31, 2026

AI Assisted Research Disruption

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 31, 2026, 12:28 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 31, 2026, 05:03 AM UTC
Duration
4h 34m
Affected: Practical Law USCoCounsel CorePractical Law CanadaCoCounsel DraftingPractical Law UKWestlaw USWestlaw CanadaPractical Law ANZWestlaw UKWestlaw ANZ
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Mar 31, 2026, 12:28 AM UTC

    We are currently conducting several updates which may result in service downtime for AI assisted research features. We expect systems will be restored shortly - thank you for your patience.

  2. resolved Mar 31, 2026, 05:03 AM UTC

    AI assisted research features are now operational

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Major March 30, 2026

HighQ Dashboards Unavailable to some customers hosted in USA and UK

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 30, 2026, 02:01 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 30, 2026, 04:07 PM UTC
Duration
2h 6m
Affected: UK HiqhQ (Collaborate)USA HiqhQ (Collaborate)
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Mar 30, 2026, 02:01 PM UTC

    Some customers hosted in the USA and UK regions are experiencing unavailability of Dashboards in HighQ. This is under investigation by the operations team.

  2. investigating Mar 30, 2026, 03:30 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. resolved Mar 30, 2026, 04:07 PM UTC

    The issue affecting access to Dashboards has been resolved. Service has been restored and customers should now be able to access Dashboards as normal.

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Major March 30, 2026

Azure UK - Emergency maintenance

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 30, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 30, 2026, 12:47 PM UTC
Duration
2h 26m
Affected: UK HiqhQ (Collaborate)
Timeline · 5 updates
  1. investigating Mar 30, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC

    An emergency maintenance activity has been scheduled in the Azure UK region and is expected to take approximately 30 minutes. During this maintenance window, end users may experience a brief service interruption or temporary outage. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your patience and understanding. We will share an update once the confirmed start time is available.

  2. investigating Mar 30, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC

    The maintenance window starts now.

  3. investigating Mar 30, 2026, 12:24 PM UTC

    The emergency maintenance has been completed successfully.

  4. monitoring Mar 30, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC

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

  5. resolved Mar 30, 2026, 12:47 PM UTC

    The slowness reported earlier has been successfully addressed through a SKU upgrade, and the issue is now resolved. Services have stabilized and should now be functioning normally as expected.

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Minor March 25, 2026

CoCounsel US file uploads are failing

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 25, 2026, 02:05 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 25, 2026, 04:02 PM UTC
Duration
1h 57m
Affected: CoCounsel Core
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Mar 25, 2026, 02:05 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating the issue

  2. resolved Mar 25, 2026, 04:02 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor March 23, 2026

HighQ Service Disruption - Australia Region

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 23, 2026, 12:25 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 23, 2026, 01:25 PM UTC
Duration
59m
Affected: APAC HiqhQ (Collaborate)APAC HiqhQ (Publisher)
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Mar 23, 2026, 12:25 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating a service disruption affecting some customers hosted in the Australia region. Some backend services are unavailable, which may result in errors or inability to access the service. Our teams are actively working to restore normal operations and we will provide further updates as progress is made.

  2. monitoring Mar 23, 2026, 01:20 PM UTC

    Service has been restored for customers hosted in the Australia region. All backend services are now operational. We are actively monitoring the platform to ensure continued stability and are investigating the root cause of the issue. Further updates will be shared if required.

  3. resolved Mar 23, 2026, 01:25 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor March 21, 2026

CoCounsel Skills encountering errors in US

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 21, 2026, 12:43 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 21, 2026, 01:45 AM UTC
Duration
1h 1m
Affected: CoCounsel CoreCoCounsel Drafting
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Mar 21, 2026, 12:43 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. investigating Mar 21, 2026, 12:45 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. resolved Mar 21, 2026, 01:45 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice March 19, 2026

Files Module Functional Issue

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 19, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 19, 2026, 12:30 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Mar 20, 2026, 08:38 PM UTC

    On Mar 19 between 12:26AM GMT and 10:59AM GMT we performed an emergency change for a production issue, which resulted in unplanned impact on the Files Module functionality for HighQ US and UK regions. The issue is fully mitigated

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Notice March 18, 2026

HighQ errors for Customers hosted in UK

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 18, 2026, 10:53 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 18, 2026, 11:51 AM UTC
Duration
57m
Affected: UK HiqhQ (Collaborate)
Timeline · 5 updates
  1. investigating Mar 18, 2026, 10:53 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. investigating Mar 18, 2026, 11:04 AM UTC

    We are investigating an extended service disruption related to a backend database issue. Automated recovery did not complete successfully, and our engineers are actively performing manual steps to restore service.

  3. investigating Mar 18, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC

    This issue continues to affect a subset of customers hosted in the UK. Our engineers remain actively engaged in manual recovery, which is taking additional time to complete safely. Further updates will be shared as work progresses.

  4. investigating Mar 18, 2026, 11:50 AM UTC

    The incident has been mitigated and service has been restored for affected customers. We are continuing to monitor the environment to ensure stability. A root cause investigation is now underway, and we will share further details once available.

  5. resolved Mar 18, 2026, 11:51 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major March 11, 2026

Slow performance in UK Azure

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 11, 2026, 12:06 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 11, 2026, 02:38 PM UTC
Duration
2h 32m
Affected: UK HiqhQ (Collaborate)
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Mar 11, 2026, 12:06 PM UTC

    The instance load time is unusually slow. The support team is currently investigating the issue.

  2. investigating Mar 11, 2026, 12:07 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. identified Mar 11, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC

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

  4. resolved Mar 11, 2026, 02:38 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor March 10, 2026

CoCounsel US Skills Degraded Performance

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 10, 2026, 03:59 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 10, 2026, 08:30 PM UTC
Duration
4h 30m
Affected: CoCounsel Core
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Mar 10, 2026, 03:59 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating the issue.

  2. resolved Mar 10, 2026, 08:30 PM UTC

    The issue has been fully mitigated; services are back to normal performance.

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Major March 6, 2026

iSheets microservice unavailable

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 06, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 06, 2026, 02:57 PM UTC
Duration
4h 5m
Affected: UK HiqhQ (Collaborate)
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Mar 06, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC

    HighQ UK support teams noticed 500 errors in DataDog relating to iSheets microservices on SG2 server hosted instances. When clients are attemtping to save their changes in iSheets, they receive the following error - "Due to a system error, this record has not been saved". Support groups have been engaged and are investigating the issue.

  2. identified Mar 06, 2026, 11:42 AM UTC

    The teams have discovered that the impacted iSheet database is in a recovery state, which is resulting in application errors when users attempt to save iSheets records. Engineering, Database and Platform teams are engaged and are working to restore the service. More information will be shared in subsequent communications.

  3. resolved Mar 06, 2026, 02:57 PM UTC

    The issue is resolved.

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Notice February 27, 2026

AI Research features within Westlaw, CoCounsel, and CLEAR are failing

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 27, 2026, 05:34 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 27, 2026, 06:39 PM UTC
Duration
1h 4m
Affected: CLEARCoCounsel CoreWestlaw US
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Feb 27, 2026, 05:34 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. monitoring Feb 27, 2026, 06:21 PM UTC

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

  3. resolved Feb 27, 2026, 06:39 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice February 26, 2026

Deep Research features within Westlaw and CoCounsel are experiencing delays or failing

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 26, 2026, 07:52 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 26, 2026, 09:20 PM UTC
Duration
1h 28m
Affected: CoCounsel CoreWestlaw US
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Feb 26, 2026, 07:52 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. monitoring Feb 26, 2026, 08:54 PM UTC

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

  3. resolved Feb 26, 2026, 09:20 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor February 25, 2026

Westlaw CoCounsel Canvas Unavailable

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 25, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 25, 2026, 11:58 PM UTC
Duration
55m
Affected: CoCounsel CoreWestlaw US
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Feb 25, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. resolved Feb 25, 2026, 11:58 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice February 23, 2026

CoCounsel and Westlaw AI Research Timing Out Intermittently

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 23, 2026, 07:28 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 24, 2026, 12:19 PM UTC
Duration
16h 50m
Affected: CoCounsel CoreWestlaw US
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Feb 23, 2026, 07:28 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. monitoring Feb 23, 2026, 07:53 PM UTC

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

  3. resolved Feb 24, 2026, 12:19 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor February 20, 2026

Westlaw AI deep research and CoCounsel searches occasionally failing

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 20, 2026, 05:12 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 20, 2026, 09:46 PM UTC
Duration
4h 34m
Affected: CoCounsel Core
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Feb 20, 2026, 05:12 PM UTC

    We are currently experiencing intermittent issues with the AI Research feature with our CoCounsel service. Our team is actively working to resolve this matter as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and patience. Further updates will be provided here as soon as we have more information. If you have any questions, please contact Customer Support.

  2. resolved Feb 20, 2026, 09:46 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor February 19, 2026

AI Research Slowness in CoCounsel and Westlaw applications

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 19, 2026, 03:29 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 19, 2026, 11:26 PM UTC
Duration
7h 56m
Affected: Practical Law USCoCounsel CorePractical Law CanadaCoCounsel DraftingPractical Law UKWestlaw USWestlaw CanadaWestlaw UK
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Feb 19, 2026, 03:29 PM UTC

    We are currently experiencing an issue with the AI Research feature with our CoCounsel and Westlaw service, which is temporarily unavailable. Our team is actively working to resolve this matter as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and patience. Further updates will be provided here as soon as we have more information. If you have any questions, please contact Customer Support.

  2. resolved Feb 19, 2026, 11:26 PM UTC

    The AI Research feature for CoCounsel and Westlaw is now fully restored. Our team resolved the underlying issue and services are back to normal. We apologize for the disruption and appreciate your patience. If you continue to experience problems, please contact Customer Support

Read the full incident report →

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