No impact incident

Blackboard: Course Catalog May Be Unavailable

Affected: Blackboard - Course Catalog

Current status of Blackboard: Minor issues — live Blackboard status

Timeline

1. Oct 15, 2026, 19:01 UTC
   investigating
   We are aware of an issue causing some users to not be able to access the catalog. We are investigating.
2. Oct 15, 2026, 20:55 UTC
   investigating
   We are currently investigating an issue affecting catalog access for a subset of users. Our team is actively working to restore normal functionality and will provide additional updates as more information becomes available.
3. Oct 15, 2026, 20:56 UTC
   investigating
   We are continuing to investigate this issue.
4. Oct 16, 2026, 02:38 UTC
   identified
   The issue has been identified and the fix is underway. To minimize further impact, we will be pausing the release to US Eastern tonight and will resume the release tomorrow with a new build including the fix to address this issue. All regions will be updated tomorrow.
5. Oct 16, 2026, 17:27 UTC
   monitoring
   A fix has been implemented and a new Blackboard 4001.2.0 version, including the fix, is being rolled out.

Updates as published by Blackboard (original).