Handshake outage history and status
Is Handshake down right now?
No
All Systems Operational Official status as of Oct 26, 2026, 16:17 UTC (refreshing…)
Open incidents
100%
uptime, 90 days
0
incidents, 90 days
—
median time to fix
Apr 7, 2026
last incident
Handshake components
UK/EU
- Handshake for Students - EU Operational
- Handshake for EDU Partners - EU Operational
- Handshake for Employers - EU Operational
- Importer - EU Operational
- Insights Reporting - EU Operational
US
- Handshake for Students - US Operational
- Handshake for EDU Partners - US Operational
- Handshake for Employers - US Operational
- Importer - US Operational
- Insights Reporting - US Operational
- Handshake AI Operational
Handshake outage history
| Started (UTC) | Incident | Impact | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2026, 19:06 UTC | High Error Rate on Handshake Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for EDU Partners - US, Handshake for Employers - US, Insights Reporting - US, Handshake AI | Critical | 22 min |
| Oct 20, 2025, 21:35 UTC | AWS outage impacting Handshake Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for EDU Partners - US, Handshake for Employers - US | Critical | 14 h |
| Oct 20, 2025, 18:18 UTC | Phone verification service degradation Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for Students - EU | Minor | 3 h 44 min |
| Sep 5, 2025, 21:12 UTC | Limited Applicant page functionality Handshake for Employers - US, Handshake for Employers - EU | Major | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 2025, 18:24 UTC | Occasional Page Loading Issues Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for Students - EU, Handshake for EDU Partners - US, Handshake for EDU Partners - EU, Handshake for Employers - US, Handshake for Employers - EU | No impact | 2 h 35 min |
| Jun 6, 2025, 09:55 UTC | Handshake US is down Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for EDU Partners - US, Handshake for Employers - US | Critical | 10 min |
| Jan 10, 2025, 16:53 UTC | Issue loading employer brand pages Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for Students - EU | Major | 1 h 15 min |
| Dec 9, 2024, 19:12 UTC | Login issues with our iOS application Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for Students - EU | Major | 52 min |
| Nov 4, 2024, 16:35 UTC | FDS Unavailable to Students Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for Students - EU | Major | 47 min |
| Sep 27, 2024, 00:13 UTC | Student home page is currently unavailable Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for Students - EU | No impact | 19 min |
| Aug 28, 2024, 16:15 UTC | Handshake service is down for all users Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for Students - EU, Handshake for EDU Partners - US, Handshake for EDU Partners - EU, Handshake for Employers - US, Handshake for Employers - EU | Critical | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 2024, 16:03 UTC | US: Locations missing for some jobs Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for Students - EU | Major | 18 h 42 min |
| May 22, 2024, 00:08 UTC | Inconsistent App Views Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for Students - EU, Handshake for EDU Partners - US, Handshake for EDU Partners - EU, Handshake for Employers - US, Handshake for Employers - EU | No impact | 22 min |
| May 3, 2024, 17:13 UTC | Delays in search results | No impact | — |
| Apr 3, 2024, 16:13 UTC | Job Details Not Loading (web only) Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for Students - EU | Major | 56 min |
| Mar 18, 2024, 19:57 UTC | Delayed search result updates Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for EDU Partners - US, Handshake for Employers - US | Minor | 7 h 01 min |
| Feb 12, 2024, 16:42 UTC | Email outage Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for EDU Partners - US, Handshake for Employers - US, Importer - US | Minor | 2 h 41 min |
| Jan 26, 2024, 01:00 UTC | Error displaying the feed on the iOS app Handshake for Students - US | Major | 1 h 26 min |
| Aug 23, 2023, 18:33 UTC | Search Result Updates Delayed for EDU Users Handshake for EDU Partners - US | Minor | 1 h 01 min |
| Jul 7, 2023, 08:00 UTC | Mobile Home Feed Unavailable Handshake for Students - US | Minor | 12 h 51 min |
| Jun 28, 2023, 20:50 UTC | Student Mobile Login Unavailable Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for Students - EU | Major | 9 min |
| Jun 5, 2023, 10:08 UTC | 1 hour discrepancy between booked appointment times, appointments showing one hour ahead Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for Students - EU, Handshake for EDU Partners - US, Handshake for EDU Partners - EU | Minor | 2 h 37 min |
| Mar 16, 2023, 13:36 UTC | Degraded Bulk Download Performance Handshake for EDU Partners - US, Handshake for Employers - US | Minor | 9 h 10 min |
| Feb 16, 2023, 17:24 UTC | Search Result Updates Delayed Handshake for EDU Partners - US, Handshake for Employers - US | Minor | 7 h 42 min |
| Feb 14, 2023, 18:18 UTC | We are currently investigating reports of a potential service interruption with students searching for jobs. Handshake for Students - US, Handshake for Students - EU | Major | 12 min |
50 incidents in our archive since August 23, 2021.
When and where Handshake fails
Most affected, last 12 months
- Handshake AI1
- Handshake for EDU Partners - US1
- Handshake for Employers - US1
- Handshake for Students - US1
- Insights Reporting - US1
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FAQ
- Is Handshake down right now?
- At our last check Handshake's official status page reported: All Systems Operational. This page refreshes the status every few minutes.
- How often does Handshake go down?
- Handshake reported 0 incidents in the last 90 days (0 major or critical), with 0 minutes of major outage: 100% uptime.
- When was the last Handshake outage?
- The latest reported incident started on Apr 7, 2026, 19:06 UTC: "High Error Rate on Handshake", resolved after 22 min.
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