WW Norton and Company incident

System maintenance impacting new purchases and password changes

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

WW Norton and Company experienced a minor incident on April 17, 2025 affecting wwnorton.com (main website) and Norton Ebooks and 1 more component, lasting 5h 27m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Apr 17, 2025, 06:30 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 17, 2025, 11:58 PM UTC
Duration
5h 27m
Detected by Pingoru
Apr 17, 2025, 06:30 PM UTC

Affected components

wwnorton.com (main website)Norton EbooksNorton IllumineInQuizitiveSmartwork5Norton TestmakerAdditional Digital Resources

Update timeline

  1. identified Apr 17, 2025, 09:20 PM UTC

    The W. W. Norton website and digital products are undergoing necessary system maintenance. New account creation, online purchases, and password changes will not be possible during this time. Access to products using existing accounts will not be impacted. Should you need assistance please contact our Support team: https://support.wwnorton.com/request

  2. monitoring Apr 17, 2025, 11:49 PM UTC

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

  3. monitoring Apr 17, 2025, 11:50 PM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  4. resolved Apr 17, 2025, 11:58 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.