Is Blackboard Down?

Feb 12 , 13:00 EST Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Feb 12 , 09:00 EST In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Feb 5 , 07:24 EST Update - The SafeAssign maintenance window has been moved to February 12. Feb 5 , 07:30 EST Scheduled - Please be advised of a scheduled maintenance window for the SafeAssign TP/Stage environment. Customers will experience temporary service unavailability during this window. This maintenance is part of ongoing platform improvements. No data loss is expected. Date/Time: Thursday, Feb 12th at 9:00 AM EST (2:00 PM UTC) Duration: approximately 4 hours

Feb 13 , 16:42 EST Update - We are continuing to work through identifying the full set of impacted courses and content items and determining next steps for restoration. Another update will be provided early next week. Feb 12 , 16:58 EST Update - The team continues to make progress on identifying the full set of impacted courses and content items. Once complete we will be able to begin restoration. A timeline for affected file restorations will be shared once it's available. Feb 11 , 16:48 EST Update - We have confirmed the root cause related to the recent 4000.8 release and have already implemented a fix to prevent any new link corruption from occurring. Our current focus is remediation of impacted content. The team is taking a structured recovery approach that includes: - Preserving all relevant system data to ensure no additional information is lost during cleanup - Identifying the specific courses and content items affected - Creating secure backups of impacted content records - Comparing current content with archived versions to accurately restore file references where we have full confidence in the correction - Flagging any items requiring additional validation for follow-up review Several of these remediation steps are being executed in parallel to accelerate resolution. We will provide further updates as restoration progresses and will share additional guidance if client action becomes necessary. At this time, no action is required from clients. Feb 10 , 17:16 EST Update - The team understands the issue and problems caused. They are investigating the path forward to provide a fix to clean up any corrupted links. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available. Feb 10 , 12:05 EST Investigating - With the release of Blackboard SaaS 4000.8 to production last week, there was a change that inadvertently may have caused some links to become corrupted. In a specific scenario where a document included PDF attachments from more than one course, an atta

Feb 11 , 10:18 EST Completed - Release is complete. Full build number is 4000.8.0-rel.21+34512b9 (no change). Please refer to the Anthology Support Center for more details on this maintenance release: https://support.anthology.com/s/article/Blackboard-Learn-4000-8-0-Release Feb 11 , 08:56 EST Verifying - The upgrade is complete. An update will be provided when the release notes have been posted. Feb 10 , 16:51 EST Update - A fix for the issue has been implemented. The release will begin shortly. There will be no change to the build number since this will be a UI only change. Feb 10 , 11:37 EST Scheduled - Due to an issue encountered after the release of 4000.8 to production we will be doing an off-cycle release of Blackboard SaaS 4000.8.0 to Production environments. The issue is related to text styles, headings not converting correctly and causing oops messages when trying to save. This will be a UI only update and will be applied as soon as available. Timing will be provided once it is determined.

Feb 11 , 08:00 EST Completed - Most upgrades are now complete. We are continuing to work through those that did not succeed. Full build number is 4000.10.0-rel.4+0a24875. Please refer to the release notes for more details on this feature release: https://help.anthology.com/blackboard/administrator/en/whats-new.html Feb 10 , 04:00 EST In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Feb 6 , 09:15 EST Scheduled - Anthology will be deploying the Blackboard SaaS 4000.10.0 Feature Release to Test and Staging environments. Scheduled for February 10, 2026

Feb 6 , 08:01 EST Completed - Most upgrades are now complete. We are continuing to work through those that did not succeed. Feb 5 , 10:39 EST Update - Release is currently in progress. Full build number is 4000.8.0-rel.21+34512b9. Please refer to the release notes for more details on this feature release: https://help.anthology.com/blackboard/administrator/en/whats-new.html Feb 5 , 04:00 EST In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jan 30 , 09:47 EST Scheduled - Anthology will be deploying the Blackboard SaaS 4000.8.0 Feature Release to Production environments. Scheduled for February 5, 2026

Feb 4 , 08:12 EST Completed - Most upgrades are now complete. We are continuing to work through those that did not succeed. Feb 3 , 10:29 EST Update - Release is currently in progress. Full build number is 4000.8.0-rel.16+5a0b5bf. Please refer to the Anthology Support Center for more details on this maintenance release: https://support.anthology.com/s/article/Blackboard-Learn-4000-8-0-Release Feb 3 , 04:00 EST In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jan 30 , 09:38 EST Scheduled - Anthology will be deploying a Blackboard SaaS 4000.8.0 Maintenance Release to Test and Staging environments. Scheduled for February 3, 2026