Current Status

All Systems Operational

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Components

Handshake for Students - US

Operational

Handshake for Students - EU

Operational

Handshake for EDU Partners - US

Operational

Handshake for EDU Partners - EU

Operational

Handshake for Employers - US

Operational

Handshake for Employers - EU

Operational

Importer - US

Operational

Importer - EU

Operational

Insights Reporting - US

Operational

Insights Reporting - EU

Operational

Handshake AI

Operational

Recent Incidents

High Error Rate on Handshake

critical

Apr 7, 2026 · resolved Apr 7

This incident has been resolved.

AWS outage impacting Handshake

critical

Oct 20, 2025 · resolved Oct 21

This incident has been resolved.

Phone verification service degradation

minor

Oct 20, 2025 · resolved Oct 20

Resolving this as phone verification has recovered

Limited Applicant page functionality

major

Sep 5, 2025 · resolved Sep 5

As of 2:37 pm PT, a fix has been implemented, and we can now confirm the issue has been resolved. We want to reassure our users that their data was not lost and all application candidate data remains accessible

Occasional Page Loading Issues

none

Jun 12, 2025 · resolved Jun 12

This incident has been resolved.

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