Brown University outage history and status
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Minor Service Outage Affected: Other (partial outage) Official status as of Oct 26, 2026, 16:17 UTC (refreshing…)
Open incidents
94.76%
uptime, 90 days
39
incidents, 90 days
1 h 23 min
median time to fix
Oct 22, 2026
last incident
Brown University components
Administrative and Business
- 25Live Space Scheduling Operational
- Applications Manager (AppWorx) Operational
- Banner for Administrators Operational
- Banner Document Management System (BDMS) Operational
- Blackbaud Internet Solutions (Alumni) Operational
- BrownBuys Operational
- Brown Contract Management System (BCM) Operational
- Cognos - Analytics & Reporting Operational
Student Services
- Advising Sidekick (ASK) Operational
- Banner Self-Service Operational
- StarRez Housing Management Operational
Teaching and Learning
- Brown Digital Repository (BDR) Operational
- Canvas Course Platform Operational
- Course Catalog - cab.brown.edu Operational
- Course Tools for Instructors and Students - coursetools.brown.edu Operational
- Online Course Reserves (Leganto) Operational
- Panopto Lecture Capture and Media Library Operational
Information Security and Accounts
- Brown Directory - directory.brown.edu Operational
- Duo Core Authentication Service Operational
- Duo Two-Step Authentication Operational
- 1Password Operational
- Microsoft Active Directory/Office365 Authentication Operational
- MyAccount - myaccount.brown.edu Operational
- Shibboleth Single-Signon Authentication Operational
- Duo Admin Panel Operational
Communication and Collaboration
- BrownBlogs Operational
- BrownSites - Department Websites Operational
- Dropbox Operational
- Google Drive Operational
- Google Mail Operational
- Grouper Operational
- Listserv Email Groups Operational
- Lyris Bulk Email Operational
Research
- Coeus Grant Management Operational
- Globus File Transfers Operational
- Hibernate (Starfish) Operational
- iLabs Operational
- InfoEd Grant Management Operational
- LRS Research File Services - lrs.brown.edu Operational
- Oscar High Performance Computing Operational
- SSH Gateway Operational
Infrastructure
- Department File Services - files.brown.edu Operational
- Fileway - webfiles.brown.edu Operational
- Hosted Virtual Machines (Hyper-V) Operational
- GitHub Codespaces Operational
- REDCap Operational
Network Connectivity and Telecommunications
- Jabber Operational
- Telephone service (local and long distance) Operational
- Voicemail service Operational
- VPN - Virtual Private Network Operational
- Wired Network Operational
- Wireless network (Brown, Brown-Guest, & Eduroam) Operational
- Cellular Carrier Service Operational
- Connections on College Hill North of Waterman - Buildings Operational
Desktop and Mobile Computing
- MyPrint Operational
- PPrint Operational
- RemoteApp Streaming Applications Operational
- Software Catalog - software.brown.edu Operational
- Software License Managers Operational
Other
- Other Partial outage
Brown University outage history
| Started (UTC) | Incident | Impact | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026, 16:28 UTC | Temporary halt to Globus collection creation Globus File Transfers | Major | no update since Oct 22, 2026 |
| Oct 22, 2026, 13:30 UTC | Multiple Brown Services Experiencing Outage Other | Major | 4 days |
| Oct 22, 2026, 13:08 UTC | Brown Bookstore Server Outage Other | Major | 23 min |
| Oct 21, 2026, 13:59 UTC | Multiple services: Priority vulnerability patching - Please report problems Other | Major | no update since Oct 21, 2026 |
| Oct 20, 2026, 18:23 UTC | Sporadic errors for several unrelated Brown services Other | Major | no update since Oct 21, 2026 |
| Oct 20, 2026, 14:21 UTC | Stronghold Outage Stronghold Secure Research Environments | Major | 1 h 58 min |
| Oct 15, 2026, 18:22 UTC | Faculty Club print system unavailable Other | Major | 1 h 29 min |
| Oct 15, 2026, 16:08 UTC | Partial Network Outage at Life Sciences Building, 5th floor (185 Meeting St.) Wired Network, Wireless network (Brown, Brown-Guest, & Eduroam) | Minor | 1 h 22 min |
| Oct 14, 2026, 20:22 UTC | After-the-Fact Service Alert - Resolved: 10 Young Orchard Wireless Networks Wireless network (Brown, Brown-Guest, & Eduroam) | No impact | <1 min |
| Oct 13, 2026, 14:22 UTC | After-the-Fact Service Alert - Resolved: iLab Unavailable iLabs | No impact | <1 min |
| Oct 11, 2026, 13:19 UTC | After-the-Fact Service Alert - Resolved: Network Outage at 200 Dyer Telephone service (local and long distance), Wired Network, Wireless network (Brown, Brown-Guest, & Eduroam) | No impact | <1 min |
| Oct 1, 2026, 21:00 UTC | MyPrint PaperCut Print Deploy Client MyPrint | Minor | 20 min |
| Oct 1, 2026, 14:36 UTC | Zoom's add-on for calendar integrations Zoom Meetings | Minor | 3 h 16 min |
| Sep 30, 2026, 14:54 UTC | University Services Access & Duo Setup Delays for New Accounts Other, Duo Two-Step Authentication | Minor | 7 h 38 min |
| Sep 28, 2026, 13:39 UTC | MyApps Browsers & Office Environment Login Issue Other | Minor | 1 h 24 min |
| Sep 25, 2026, 13:27 UTC | Banner Document Management System (BDMS) - Outage Banner Document Management System (BDMS) | Critical | 30 min |
| Sep 24, 2026, 17:40 UTC | After-the-Fact Service Alert - Resolved: Wireless connectivity Wireless network (Brown, Brown-Guest, & Eduroam) | No impact | <1 min |
| Sep 24, 2026, 13:30 UTC | After-the-Fact Service Alert - Resolved: Jira Jira Service Management Jira Service Management Web, Jira Service Management Service Portal | No impact | <1 min |
| Sep 17, 2026, 11:39 UTC | VPN Experiencing Connectivity Issues VPN - Virtual Private Network | Major | 51 min |
| Sep 16, 2026, 14:28 UTC | Brown's Google Workspace CAPTCHA Screen Google Drive, Google Mail | No impact | 5 h 32 min |
| Sep 16, 2026, 14:16 UTC | Wi-Fi Enrollment Service Degradation Wireless network (Brown, Brown-Guest, & Eduroam) | Minor | 9 days |
| Sep 16, 2026, 11:58 UTC | Salesforce Login Issues Salesforce | Major | 6 h 34 min |
| Sep 15, 2026, 22:39 UTC | Multiple Brown Services Instability Other | Minor | 46 h 31 min |
| Sep 15, 2026, 20:40 UTC | Multiple Brown Services Experiencing Outage Other, Advising Sidekick (ASK), MyAccount - myaccount.brown.edu | Major | 41 min |
| Sep 15, 2026, 11:47 UTC | Cognos Analytics Login Issues Cognos - Analytics & Reporting | Major | 1 h 56 min |
53 incidents in our archive since May 18, 2026.
When and where Brown University fails
By weekday
Most incidents start on Thu.
- Mon10
- Tue11
- Wed13
- Thu15
- Fri2
- Sat1
- Sun1
Most affected, last 12 months
- Other13
- Wireless network (Brown, Brown-Guest, & Eduroam)13
- Wired Network9
- Telephone service (local and long distance)7
- Cognos - Analytics & Reporting6
- MyPrint3
- VPN - Virtual Private Network3
- Course Catalog - cab.brown.edu2
When Brown University went down with others
- Oct 22, 2026, 11:56 UTC 57 services reported incidents within the hour
- Oct 21, 2026, 11:18 UTC 109 services reported incidents within the hour
- Oct 1, 2026, 13:58 UTC 27 services reported incidents within the hour
- Sep 16, 2026, 11:30 UTC 51 services reported incidents within the hour
- Sep 14, 2026, 12:15 UTC 17 services reported incidents within the hour
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FAQ
- Is Brown University down right now?
- At our last check Brown University's official status page reported: Minor Service Outage. This page refreshes the status every few minutes.
- How often does Brown University go down?
- Brown University reported 39 incidents in the last 90 days (17 major or critical), with 6,787 minutes of major outage: 94.76% uptime.
- When was the last Brown University outage?
- The latest reported incident started on Oct 22, 2026, 16:28 UTC: "Temporary halt to Globus collection creation", and is not resolved yet.
- How long do Brown University outages last?
- Half of Brown University's incidents in the last 90 days were resolved within 1 h 23 min.
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