University of Bristol incident

Investigating PHP issue

Ongoing since 08:37 AM UTC, affecting Websites and Intranets and Other services and 1 more.

identified Oct 22, 2026, 04:37 PM UTC

Following guidance issued to UK organisations, IT Services is implementing a series of software and security updates across our systems. As a precaution, and to ensure we continue to focus on our Gold and Silver level services, a number of other public-facing services have temporarily been taken offline to ensure they remain secure while the updates are completed. The affected service owners have being informed directly. IT Services continue to work through the required updates and restore services as soon as it is safe to do so. We have already issued communications to staff and students, and will continue to monitor the situation closely and provide further updates as services are restored.

Started
Oct 22, 2026, 08:37 AM UTC
Resolved
Ongoing
Duration
● 3d 8h
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 22, 2026, 08:37 AM UTC

Affected components

Websites and IntranetsOther servicesOther services (Other services — Bristol)

Update timeline

  1. identified Oct 22, 2026, 08:37 AM UTC

    We've identified issues with some web applications that may experience intermittent disruption. This has been escalated to the relevant teams and is being worked on as a priority to avoid persistent disruption.

  2. identified Oct 22, 2026, 04:37 PM UTC

    Following guidance issued to UK organisations, IT Services is implementing a series of software and security updates across our systems. As a precaution, and to ensure we continue to focus on our Gold and Silver level services, a number of other public-facing services have temporarily been taken offline to ensure they remain secure while the updates are completed. The affected service owners have being informed directly. IT Services continue to work through the required updates and restore services as soon as it is safe to do so. We have already issued communications to staff and students, and will continue to monitor the situation closely and provide further updates as services are restored.

Your product runs on more than University of Bristol

Add the vendors you depend on and get one message when any of them reports trouble. Free for 3 vendors, no card.

Add your stack →