OpenAthens outage history and status
Is OpenAthens down right now?
No
All Systems Operational Official status as of Oct 26, 2026, 16:17 UTC (refreshing…)
Open incidents
99.37%
uptime, 90 days
4
incidents, 90 days
6 h 13 min
median time to fix
Oct 22, 2026
last incident
OpenAthens components
- Authentication Point Operational
- Authentication API Operational
- Authentication broker Operational
- Managed Proxy service Operational
- OpenAthens Federation Operational
- OpenAthens Keystone Operational
- Redirector Operational
- Wayfinder Operational
- MyAthens user portal Operational
- Self-registration service Operational
- OpenAthens Compass dashboard Operational
- Administration API Operational
- OpenAthens Reporting Operational
- SP Dashboard Operational
- Service Desk portal Operational
- Documentation website Operational
- Email services Operational
- Service Desk telephony Operational
- OpenAthens Connect dashboard Operational
OpenAthens outage history
| Started (UTC) | Incident | Impact | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026, 13:08 UTC | PHP vulnerabilities | No impact | no update since Oct 22, 2026 |
| Oct 20, 2026, 06:35 UTC | Service Outage - All Services P1 Authentication Point, Authentication API, Authentication broker, Managed Proxy service, OpenAthens Federation, OpenAthens Keystone | Critical | 6 h 13 min |
| Sep 30, 2026, 05:30 UTC | Service Outage - Authentication broker - P1 Authentication broker | Critical | 6 h 47 min |
| Sep 15, 2026, 01:05 UTC | Service Desk portal not available Service Desk portal | Critical | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 2026, 09:35 UTC | Service Outage - Support Portal - P3 Service Desk portal | Minor | 2 h 27 min |
| Jun 17, 2026, 14:14 UTC | Degradation Of Service - Authentication Point - P3 | Minor | — |
| Apr 30, 2026, 13:33 UTC | Service Outage - Authentication Point - P2 Authentication Point | Major | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 2026, 15:19 UTC | Degradation Of Service - Redirector - P2 | Major | — |
| Feb 10, 2026, 10:30 UTC | P3 - Redirector encountering increased link resolution times Redirector | Minor | 3 h 59 min |
| Dec 5, 2025, 13:43 UTC | Service Outage - Wayfinder - P2 Wayfinder | Major | 3 h 47 min |
| Dec 1, 2025, 09:09 UTC | Service Outage - Service Desk portal - P3 Service Desk portal | Major | 3 h 30 min |
| Nov 24, 2025, 09:43 UTC | OpenAthens Emergency Maintenance - Service Desk Portal Service Desk portal | Major | 36 min |
| Sep 30, 2025, 11:45 UTC | P3 - Outage to outbound email Email services | Minor | 18 h 41 min |
| Sep 18, 2025, 12:56 UTC | Degradation Of Service - Authentication Point - P3 Authentication Point | Minor | 11 days 22 h |
| Aug 27, 2025, 05:04 UTC | Service Outage - Redirector - P1 Redirector | Critical | 3 h 35 min |
| Aug 14, 2025, 08:33 UTC | Degradation Of Service - Service Desk portal - P3 Service Desk portal | Minor | 6 h 24 min |
| Aug 1, 2025, 01:45 UTC | Degredation Of Service - Managed Proxy Service - P2 Managed Proxy service | Major | 5 days 7 h |
| Jun 12, 2025, 18:28 UTC | Issues with some OpenAthens services Managed Proxy service, OpenAthens Federation, OpenAthens Compass dashboard | Critical | 12 h 19 min |
| May 2, 2025, 09:41 UTC | Degradation Of Service - SP Dashboard SP Dashboard | Minor | 7 days |
| Mar 18, 2025, 15:18 UTC | Advisory for OpenAthens customers using custom SAML resources. OpenAthens Compass dashboard | No impact | 86 days 3 h |
| Feb 20, 2025, 08:35 UTC | Degradation Of Service - Managed Proxy Service - P2 Managed Proxy service | Major | 3 h 17 min |
| Feb 14, 2025, 16:45 UTC | Degradation Of Service - Redirector - P2 | Major | — |
| Feb 3, 2025, 20:20 UTC | Degradation Of Service - Authentication Services - P2 Authentication Point, Authentication API | Major | 35 h 56 min |
| Jan 27, 2025, 09:12 UTC | Service Outage - Authentication Services - P1 Authentication Point, Authentication API, Authentication broker | Critical | 7 h 22 min |
| Jan 2, 2025, 11:42 UTC | Degradation Of Service - Managed Proxy service - P2 | Major | — |
51 incidents in our archive since December 6, 2023.
When and where OpenAthens fails
By weekday
Most incidents start on Thu.
- Mon9
- Tue9
- Wed9
- Thu15
- Fri9
- Sat0
- Sun0
Most affected, last 12 months
- Service Desk portal5
- Authentication broker2
- Authentication Point2
- Redirector2
- Wayfinder2
- Administration API1
- Authentication API1
- Managed Proxy service1
When OpenAthens went down with others
- Oct 20, 2026, 06:04 UTC 26 services reported incidents within the hour
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FAQ
- Is OpenAthens down right now?
- At our last check OpenAthens's official status page reported: All Systems Operational. This page refreshes the status every few minutes.
- How often does OpenAthens go down?
- OpenAthens reported 4 incidents in the last 90 days (3 major or critical), with 811 minutes of major outage: 99.37% uptime.
- When was the last OpenAthens outage?
- The latest reported incident started on Oct 22, 2026, 13:08 UTC: "PHP vulnerabilities", and is not resolved yet.
- How long do OpenAthens outages last?
- Half of OpenAthens's incidents in the last 90 days were resolved within 6 h 13 min.
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