WiscNet experienced a critical incident on October 2, 2026 affecting University of Minnesota, lasting 38m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- identified Oct 02, 2026, 07:02 AM UTC
Hello, Starting at 1:11am we observed alarms coming in for the **University of Minnesota Northern Lights** going down. Please verify power and equipment at your site. If you are not aware of any internal work occurring pleas reach out to the WiscNet NOC at **\(608\) 442-6761, option1 **. Thank you,
- identified Oct 02, 2026, 07:38 AM UTC
Hello, We are seeing alarms for this clear as of 2:12am. Thank you,
- resolved Oct 02, 2026, 07:40 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.
- postmortem Oct 02, 2026, 07:41 AM UTC
Date & Time of Incident: 10/2 1:11am Duration: 61 Minutes Technician\(s\): Johnathon Laun Review Date: 10/2 Brief Summary: We observed traffic alarms indicating the site was down Root Cause: Unsure, seems to maybe be related to Merit Peering maintenance due to the timing of other alarms #2296156 \(WiscNet TKT, 1795411 Merit Ticket\)