Is Blackboard Inc. down right now?
No — Blackboard Inc. is up. All systems operational as of Sep 6, 2:34 PM UTC.
Current Status
All Systems Operational
Components
Recent Incidents
Blackboard LMS: Discussion Forum or other Assessment Visible in Course with Inherited Release Conditions
noneSep 4, 2026
Inherited Conditions Making Course Links Inaccessible or Visible & Impact to Other Content Items in a Course A fix introduced in the August release (4000.21.0) caused unintended issues with course links for institutions depending on how their course content is designed or structured. We reverted this fix, which means Discussions and similar items linked in areas like the Gradebook or Discussions tab may again appear outside their intended release conditions. Reference the support article for more details: https://support.anthology.com/s/article/Discussion-Forum-or-other-Assessment-Visible-in-Course-with-Inherited-Release-Conditions
Ally OCR PDF Failures
noneAug 31, 2026
We are investigating a potential issue with Ally's underlying OCR (Optical Character Recognition) process that is causing an increased number of failures when attempting to OCR a scanned PDF in both the Instructor Feedback and Alternative Formats. These features remain available and the issue appears to be intermittent and not impacting every scanned PDF at this time. We are investigating with our OCR provider to determine the root cause.
Blackboard Service Interruption
criticalAug 19, 2026 · resolved Aug 21
Blackboard continues to monitor the underlying services to ensure ongoing stability.
Few Blackboard SaaS clients are facing Intermittent outage
minorAug 11, 2026 · resolved Aug 11
The sites have remained stable since 10:00 AM ET, with no further issues. Closing the incident.
Mailings Currently Unavailable - Evaluate, Institutional Effectiveness, Milestone, Portfolio, Course Evaluations
minorAug 3, 2026 · resolved Aug 3
This incident has been resolved.
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Blackboard Inc. status — frequently asked questions
Is Blackboard Inc. down right now?
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