ID.me outage history and status
Is ID.me down right now?
No
All Systems Operational Official status as of Nov 6, 2026, 20:17 UTC (refreshing…)
Open incidents
99.94%
uptime, 90 days
2
incidents, 90 days
40 min
median time to fix
Sep 21, 2026
last incident
ID.me components
Community Verification
- Alumni Verification Operational
- Company Employee Verification Operational
- Custom Groups Verification Operational
- First Responder Verification Operational
- Government Employee Verification Operational
- Health Care Provider Verification Operational
- Military Verification Operational
- Nurse Verification Operational
- Student Verification Operational
- Teacher Verification Operational
Wallet Account Access and Management
- Login Services Operational
- Account Management Operational
- MFA - Text message or phone call Operational
- MFA- ID.me Authenticator (Push Notifications) Operational
- MFA - ID.me Authenticator (Code Generator) Operational
- MFA - WebAuthn (Passkeys, FIDO2, U2F, SecurityKeys) Operational
- MFA: White Label API Operational
Identity Verification
- NIST 800-63-3 Policies Operational
- NIST 800-63-2 Policies Operational
- KBA-replacement Policies Operational
- Telecom Possession API Operational
- Telecom Identity API Operational
- Document Identity API Operational
- ID.me Shop Operational
ID.me outage history
| Started (UTC) | Incident | Impact | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026, 15:26 UTC | Elevated Application Errors for Identity Verifications NIST 800-63-3 Policies, NIST 800-63-2 Policies, KBA-replacement Policies, Telecom Possession API, Telecom Identity API, Document Identity API | Major | 1 h 03 min |
| Sep 9, 2026, 17:37 UTC | IAL-2 pass rates degradation NIST 800-63-3 Policies, NIST 800-63-2 Policies | Major | 16 min |
| Aug 7, 2026, 01:12 UTC | Elevated Application Errors for Sign-Ins and Verifications | Major | <1 min |
| Jul 31, 2026, 02:29 UTC | shop.id.me Service Unavailable | Major | — |
| Jul 24, 2026, 13:18 UTC | Verification Services Outage | Major | — |
| Jul 20, 2026, 21:06 UTC | ID.me Authenticator App for Android experiencing service issues with Enrollment processes Account Management | Minor | 16 h 51 min |
| Jul 17, 2026, 02:56 UTC | Site Wide Intermittent Service Interruption Alumni Verification, Company Employee Verification, Custom Groups Verification, First Responder Verification, Government Employee Verification, Health Care Provider Verification | Major | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 2026, 06:29 UTC | Verification Services Outage NIST 800-63-3 Policies, NIST 800-63-2 Policies, KBA-replacement Policies, Telecom Possession API, Telecom Identity API, Document Identity API | Critical | 2 h 16 min |
| Jun 13, 2026, 16:20 UTC | Delay in Consent SMS | Minor | — |
| Jun 5, 2026, 00:32 UTC | Email Delivery Interruption | Minor | — |
| May 27, 2026, 08:42 UTC | Elevated Application Errors Login Services | No impact | 24 min |
| May 26, 2026, 02:45 UTC | Mobile wallet view failing with "Couldn't load your wallet" | Minor | 19 h 15 min |
| Apr 25, 2026, 22:22 UTC | Service Degradation | Critical | <1 min |
| Apr 25, 2026, 20:25 UTC | Service Degradation Login Services, NIST 800-63-3 Policies, Alumni Verification, NIST 800-63-2 Policies, Company Employee Verification, Account Management | Critical | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 2026, 13:13 UTC | Service Degradation | Major | <1 min |
| Apr 3, 2026, 16:05 UTC | Service Degradation - Authenticator App Push Notifications MFA- ID.me Authenticator (Push Notifications) | Minor | 4 days |
| Feb 3, 2026, 17:21 UTC | Document Processing Delays Document Identity API | Major | 32 min |
| Jan 28, 2026, 19:46 UTC | Document Processing Delays | Major | — |
| Dec 5, 2025, 09:12 UTC | Service Outage Login Services, NIST 800-63-3 Policies, Alumni Verification, NIST 800-63-2 Policies, Company Employee Verification, Account Management | Critical | 4 h 46 min |
| Dec 2, 2025, 21:55 UTC | ID.me Sign-in down | Critical | <1 min |
| Nov 18, 2025, 13:34 UTC | Service Outage Login Services, NIST 800-63-3 Policies, Alumni Verification, NIST 800-63-2 Policies, Company Employee Verification, Account Management | Critical | 3 h 13 min |
| Oct 8, 2025, 21:03 UTC | Platform Outage Login Services, NIST 800-63-3 Policies, Alumni Verification, NIST 800-63-2 Policies, Company Employee Verification, Account Management | Critical | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 2025, 10:45 UTC | Marketplaces Outage ID.me Shop | Critical | 16 h 37 min |
| Jun 17, 2025, 01:22 UTC | Service Outage | Major | — |
| Jun 12, 2025, 18:48 UTC | Broad Google Cloud outage impacting ID.me NIST 800-63-3 Policies, NIST 800-63-2 Policies, KBA-replacement Policies, Telecom Possession API, Telecom Identity API, Document Identity API | No impact | 18 h 36 min |
50 incidents in our archive since May 10, 2024.
When and where ID.me fails
By weekday
Most incidents start on Tue.
- Mon7
- Tue12
- Wed7
- Thu3
- Fri12
- Sat8
- Sun1
Most affected, last 12 months
- Document Identity API6
- NIST 800-63-2 Policies6
- NIST 800-63-3 Policies6
- KBA-replacement Policies5
- Telecom Identity API5
- Telecom Possession API5
- Account Management4
- Alumni Verification4
When ID.me went down with others
- Sep 21, 2026, 14:34 UTC 13 services reported incidents within the hour
- Dec 5, 2025, 08:45 UTC 96 services reported incidents within the hour
- Nov 18, 2025, 10:52 UTC 207 services reported incidents within the hour
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FAQ
- Is ID.me down right now?
- At our last check ID.me's official status page reported: All Systems Operational. This page refreshes the status every few minutes.
- How often does ID.me go down?
- ID.me reported 2 incidents in the last 90 days (2 major or critical), with 79 minutes of major outage: 99.94% uptime.
- When was the last ID.me outage?
- The latest reported incident started on Sep 21, 2026, 15:26 UTC: "Elevated Application Errors for Identity Verifications", resolved after 1 h 03 min.
- How long do ID.me outages last?
- Half of ID.me's incidents in the last 90 days were resolved within 40 min.
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