University of Nebraska incident
Respondus LockDown Browser Instructor Dashboard under investigation
University of Nebraska experienced a major incident on May 1, 2026 affecting Respondus, lasting 6h 9m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating May 01, 2026, 01:17 PM UTC
A problem with Respondus LockDown Browser is under investigation. Instructors are currently unable to access the LockDown Browser dashboard in Canvas courses to view or edit settings. Technicians are investigating the issue. There does not appear to be any impact to students at this time; students should be able to take exams normally. Questions 402-472-3970 or [email protected]
- identified May 01, 2026, 03:30 PM UTC
Respondus has acknowledged an issue affecting all of their customers. Details are available on their website at https://support.respondus.com/hc/en-us/articles/49831405234971-LockDown-Browser-Dashboard-Error-for-Canvas. The cause of this Respondus instructor dashboard issue may be related to an active incident that Instructure has reported related to integrations with Canvas which rely on API keys. Details about that ongoing issue are available on Instructure's Statuspage site at https://status.instructure.com/incidents/ns0sjlmkvc6g.
- monitoring May 01, 2026, 04:31 PM UTC
All issues appear to have subsided, and all systems are performing as expected. We're continuing to monitor for any reoccurring problems.
- resolved May 01, 2026, 07:27 PM UTC
All systems are operating normally. This issue is resolved.