Critical incident

Cardiff University: Oracle EBS – unplanned outage

Oct 5, 2026, 07:43 UTC

started

14:18 UTC

resolved October 8, 2026

3 days 6 h

duration

Affected: Financial and Procurement System (Oracle-EBS)

Current status of Cardiff University: Operational — live Cardiff University status

Timeline

Oct 5, 2026, 07:43 UTC
investigating
Oracle EBS – unplanned outage University IT is aware of an issue impacting Oracle EBS and is currently investigating. Our support partner has been contacted, and we hope to have service restored as quickly as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience this is causing.
Oct 5, 2026, 09:10 UTC
monitoring
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
Oct 8, 2026, 14:18 UTC
resolved
This incident has been resolved.

Updates as published by Cardiff University (original).

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