Cardiff University outage history and status
Is Cardiff University down right now?
No
All Systems Operational Official status as of Oct 26, 2026, 16:17 UTC (refreshing…)
Open incidents
94.2%
uptime, 90 days
16
incidents, 90 days
2 days 10 h
median time to fix
Oct 22, 2026
last incident
Cardiff University components
Research
- ARCCA Processing and Analysis (Falcon) Operational
- ORCA & Manage My Publications Operational
- Research Data Store Operational
- Research Portal (Converis) Operational
- Research Data Repository (Figshare) Operational
- Worktribe Operational
Corporate Reporting, Data and Analytics
- Business Objects Operational
- Business Intelligence Operational
Computers, Software, & Printing
- Desktop, Laptops, & Mobile devices Operational
- Printing, Copying, & Scanning Operational
- Published Applications (AVD) Operational
- Remote Access to a Campus Computer Operational
- Published Applications and Desktops (Horizon) Operational
Library Systems
- Electronic Resources Operational
- Library Management System (ALMA) Operational
- LibrarySearch (Primo) Operational
- Reading Lists (Leganto) Operational
Finance Systems
- Financial and Procurement System (Oracle-EBS) Operational
File Storage
- Home & Shared drive (H: & S:) Operational
- Microsoft Cloud Storage Operational
HR & Student Record Systems
- PeopleXD Operational
- SIMS (Admin) Operational
Public Website & Intranet
- Public Website (Squiz) Operational
- Intranet (Squiz) Operational
Room & Equipment Bookings
- Reserve (TimeEdit) Operational
- Resource Booker Operational
- Room Bookings (Syllabus Plus / Scientia) Operational
Help & Support
- Service Desk Support (IT single point of contact) Operational
- IT Portal (Self Service ticket logging) Operational
- Student Enquiry (GECKO) Operational
Network
- Wired Network Connectivity Operational
- Wireless Network Connectivity Operational
- Virtual Private Networks (VPN) Operational
Communication & Collaboration
- Email & Calendar (Outlook) Operational
- Microsoft Teams Operational
- Netcall (Call Centre functionality) Operational
- Telephony (Microsoft Telephony) Operational
- Viva Engage Operational
Student Systems
- Learn Plus (Panopto) Operational
- Mahara Operational
- Residences Student Portal (Accommodation) Operational
- Student App Operational
- Student Records (SIMS Online) Operational
- Student Timetable Operational
- Turnitin Operational
- VLE (Learning Central) Operational
Cardiff University outage history
| Started (UTC) | Incident | Impact | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026, 12:22 UTC | Issues accessing OneDrive whilst on campus Microsoft Cloud Storage | Major | 20 h 15 min |
| Oct 21, 2026, 14:13 UTC | Websites Service Disruption | Major | no update since Oct 23, 2026 |
| Oct 20, 2026, 13:23 UTC | Oracle EBS - Office365/WebADI issue Financial and Procurement System (Oracle-EBS) | Minor | 43 h 50 min |
| Oct 13, 2026, 15:39 UTC | Intermittent issues affecting access to SIMS Client via RAS SIMS (Admin) | Minor | 24 h 34 min |
| Oct 12, 2026, 10:07 UTC | Issue impacting Oracle EBS and .msg files within the Published Applications Service (Windows App) Financial and Procurement System (Oracle-EBS) | Minor | no update since Oct 12, 2026 |
| Oct 12, 2026, 08:31 UTC | Intermittent issues accessing the SIMS Client via RAS SIMS (Admin) | Major | 6 h 19 min |
| Oct 9, 2026, 15:26 UTC | Issues installing Microsoft 365 desktop applications and making changes to your account | Minor | 12 days 21 h |
| Oct 5, 2026, 07:43 UTC | Oracle EBS – unplanned outage Financial and Procurement System (Oracle-EBS) | Critical | 3 days 6 h |
| Oct 2, 2026, 08:16 UTC | IT Service Disruption - Multiple Services Impacted | No impact | 21 days 7 h |
| Oct 1, 2026, 10:22 UTC | Issues accessing the SIMS Client via RAS SIMS (Admin) | Critical | 4 days 2 h |
| Sep 16, 2026, 09:11 UTC | Email: Intermittent issues accessing Microsoft Outlook on the web via mail.cardiff.ac.uk Email & Calendar (Outlook) | Minor | 23 days 6 h |
| Sep 4, 2026, 08:53 UTC | Issues joining calls or meetings in Microsoft Teams application for Mac Microsoft Teams | Minor | 3 days |
| Sep 2, 2026, 08:54 UTC | myPrint service interruption Printing, Copying, & Scanning | Minor | 2 h 26 min |
| Aug 24, 2026, 11:03 UTC | Network Access - Issues Wired Network Connectivity, Wireless Network Connectivity, Virtual Private Networks (VPN) | Major | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 2026, 08:02 UTC | Unplanned Network Outage Wired Network Connectivity | Critical | 3 days 23 h |
| Aug 7, 2026, 08:13 UTC | Access to Student Records (SIMS) Student Records (SIMS Online) | Major | 3 h 56 min |
| Jul 8, 2026, 08:59 UTC | Unplanned WiFi Network Issues (Eduroam, Guest & CU-Wireless) Wireless Network Connectivity | Major | 20 days 5 h |
| Jul 8, 2026, 08:56 UTC | Unplanned Intermittent WiFi Network Outage (Guest, CU-Wireless and Eduroam) | No impact | <1 min |
| Jun 25, 2026, 09:53 UTC | Selected Research Computing Services Currently Unavailable ARCCA Processing and Analysis (Falcon) | Major | 19 days 6 h |
| Jun 24, 2026, 08:02 UTC | Issues Accessing Shared Drives Home & Shared drive (H: & S:) | Major | 26 h 01 min |
| Jun 17, 2026, 10:08 UTC | Microsoft Teams: Issues with presence status Microsoft Teams | Minor | 3 h 42 min |
| Jun 11, 2026, 15:02 UTC | Business Objects - Service restored Business Objects | No impact | 24 h 04 min |
| Jun 11, 2026, 13:22 UTC | Copilot Chat - Issues with responses after uploading a file | No impact | 3 days 23 h |
| Jun 8, 2026, 16:00 UTC | Oracle EBS / Java issue Financial and Procurement System (Oracle-EBS) | Minor | 8 days 12 h |
| Jun 4, 2026, 07:36 UTC | Eduroam (Wi-Fi) Connection Issues Wireless Network Connectivity | Major | 47 h 24 min |
52 incidents in our archive since November 24, 2025.
When and where Cardiff University fails
By weekday
Most incidents start on Thu.
- Mon8
- Tue8
- Wed13
- Thu15
- Fri8
- Sat0
- Sun0
Most affected, last 12 months
- Financial and Procurement System (Oracle-EBS)7
- SIMS (Admin)7
- Wireless Network Connectivity6
- Student Records (SIMS Online)4
- Wired Network Connectivity4
- Email & Calendar (Outlook)3
- Home & Shared drive (H: & S:)3
- Virtual Private Networks (VPN)3
When Cardiff 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 13, 2026, 14:51 UTC 16 services reported incidents within the hour
- Oct 12, 2026, 07:42 UTC 12 services reported incidents within the hour
- Sep 16, 2026, 08:10 UTC 47 services reported incidents within the hour
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FAQ
- Is Cardiff University down right now?
- At our last check Cardiff University's official status page reported: All Systems Operational. This page refreshes the status every few minutes.
- How often does Cardiff University go down?
- Cardiff University reported 16 incidents in the last 90 days (8 major or critical), with 7,514 minutes of major outage: 94.2% uptime.
- When was the last Cardiff University outage?
- The latest reported incident started on Oct 22, 2026, 12:22 UTC: "Issues accessing OneDrive whilst on campus", resolved after 20 h 15 min.
- How long do Cardiff University outages last?
- Half of Cardiff University's incidents in the last 90 days were resolved within 2 days 10 h.
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