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University of Waterloo outage history and status

Is University of Waterloo down right now?

Partly
Minor Service Outage Affected: ADFS (partial outage), Other (partial outage) Official status as of Oct 26, 2026, 16:17 UTC (refreshing…)
94.91%
uptime, 90 days
18
incidents, 90 days
2 h 43 min
median time to fix
Oct 23, 2026
last incident

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University of Waterloo outage history

Nov: no complete dataNov Dec: 1 incidents, 1440 min of major outage 1 Dec Jan: 6 incidents, 4051 min of major outage 6 Jan Feb: 2 incidents, 2880 min of major outage 2 Feb Mar: 6 incidents, 1172 min of major outage 6 Mar Apr: 6 incidents, 1414 min of major outage 6 Apr May: 6 incidents, 3029 min of major outage 6 May Jun: 3 incidents, 1589 min of major outage 3 Jun Jul: 4 incidents, 2950 min of major outage 4 Jul Aug: 5 incidents, 1900 min of major outage 5 Aug Sep: 8 incidents, 4701 min of major outage 8 Sep Oct: 4 incidents, 0 min of major outage 4 Oct
University of Waterloo incidents per month, last 12 months. Red: months with a major or critical outage. Shaded: before our complete history.
Started (UTC)IncidentImpactDuration
Oct 23, 2026, 01:51 UTC AVD Environment Resource Issue - Degradation
Virtual Infrastructure
 Minor 12 h 16 min
Oct 21, 2026, 19:04 UTC git.uwaterloo.ca - application maintenance - Outage
Enterprise Systems
 Minor 1 h 55 min
Oct 13, 2026, 11:49 UTC git.uwaterloo.ca - application maintenance - Outage
Enterprise Systems
 Minor 2 h 10 min
Oct 2, 2026, 14:08 UTC Netmon Web GUI down - Degradation
Netmon
 Minor 33 min
Sep 22, 2026, 11:55 UTC Wireless network interruption - Outage
Wireless Network
 Critical 51 min
Sep 17, 2026, 14:37 UTC Network interruption in some V1 wings - Outage
Wired Network
 Critical no update since Sep 17, 2026
Sep 15, 2026, 13:29 UTC ADFS Production Environment Maintenance - Outage
ADFS
 Major 7 days 13 h
Sep 11, 2026, 16:05 UTC Secret Server Upgrade - Degradation
Other
 Major 4 days 4 h
Sep 11, 2026, 14:43 UTC git.uwaterloo.ca - application maintenance - Outage
Enterprise Systems
 Minor 3 h 17 min
Sep 4, 2026, 13:51 UTC Ongoing network interruption at remote sites - Outage
Internet
 Critical 5 h 31 min
Sep 4, 2026, 13:11 UTC Network interruption at remote sites - Outage
Internet
 Critical <1 min
Sep 2, 2026, 16:08 UTC NetApp Storage Maintenance - Cancelled Maintenance - Degradation
Storage
 Minor no update since Sep 3, 2026
Aug 26, 2026, 19:04 UTC Switch offline on 2nd floor in E7 - Degradation
Wireless Network, Wired Network
 Minor 45 min
Aug 25, 2026, 16:01 UTC Switch down on 2nd floor in E7 - Degradation
Wireless Network, Wired Network
 Minor 1 h 46 min
Aug 20, 2026, 19:48 UTC Hyper-V VMs affected by a network power outage - Outage
Virtual Infrastructure
 Critical 14 days 18 h
Aug 19, 2026, 11:54 UTC Intermittent DNS timeouts - Degradation
DNS
 Critical 7 h 14 min
Aug 10, 2026, 21:17 UTC SendIt Service - Outage - Outage
Other
 Critical 26 min
Jul 29, 2026, 19:56 UTC vCenter Service Access Lock Down Due To Severe Vulnerability - No Impact
Virtual Infrastructure
 Minor 28 h 04 min
Jul 21, 2026, 13:44 UTC Degraded ADFS performance - Degradation
ADFS
 Major 1 h 10 min
Jul 10, 2026, 15:56 UTC **ADFS Production Maintenance – Patching and Veeam Client Upgrade** - Outage
ADFS
 Major 7 days 10 h
Jul 6, 2026, 14:07 UTC ADFSTEST Token-Signing and Token-Decrypting Certificate Renewal - Outage
ADFS
 Major 6 days 23 h
Jun 25, 2026, 11:57 UTC Internet redundancy loss - Threat To Service
Internet
 Minor 23 h 39 min
Jun 16, 2026, 16:29 UTC Unplanned Power Outage in Stratford - Outage
Wired Network
 Critical 2 h 29 min
Jun 2, 2026, 16:11 UTC Network Switch Offline in Conrad Grebel University College - Outage
Wireless Network, Wired Network
 Critical 23 days 19 h
May 29, 2026, 15:01 UTC ADFS Production Environment Maintenance - Outage
ADFS
 Major 47 h 29 min

52 incidents in our archive since November 18, 2025.

When and where University of Waterloo fails

By weekday

Most incidents start on Wed.

  • Mon7
  • Tue13
  • Wed16
  • Thu7
  • Fri9
  • Sat0
  • Sun0

Most affected, last 12 months

  • Wired Network18
  • ADFS11
  • Wireless Network10
  • Enterprise Systems4
  • Internet4
  • Virtual Infrastructure4
  • Other2
  • SCCM2

When University of Waterloo went down with others

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FAQ

Is University of Waterloo down right now?
At our last check University of Waterloo's official status page reported: Minor Service Outage. This page refreshes the status every few minutes.
How often does University of Waterloo go down?
University of Waterloo reported 18 incidents in the last 90 days (9 major or critical), with 6,602 minutes of major outage: 94.91% uptime.
When was the last University of Waterloo outage?
The latest reported incident started on Oct 23, 2026, 01:51 UTC: "AVD Environment Resource Issue - Degradation", resolved after 12 h 16 min.
How long do University of Waterloo outages last?
Half of University of Waterloo's incidents in the last 90 days were resolved within 2 h 43 min.

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