Is Turnitin Down?
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About Turnitin Status
BlueMonitor checks Turnitin (turnitin.com) by sending automated requests to its servers. If the service responds within a normal timeframe and returns a successful status code, it's marked as operational. Response times over 3 seconds indicate the service is slow, and connection failures or server errors indicate the service may be down.
Recent Incidents
Turnitin Service Incident - May 7th 2026
May 7 , 09:19 PDT Resolved - We’ve fixed it! Due to an unexpected service incident, Spanish language users may have intermittently encountered errors when accessing the AI Writing reports in Turnitin Feedback Studio. We are pleased to advise that service has been restored. Any submissions made in the below time frame may still show an error, we are in the process of fixing these affected reports. This process may take some time. If a report is needed urgently please resubmit to generate a new AI Writing report. The incident occurred between the following times: PDT: Thursday, 6th May 06:25 - Thursday, 7th May 09:08 BST: Thursday, 6th May 14:25 - Thursday, 7th May 17:08 AEST: Thursday, 6th May 23:25 - Friday, 8th May 02:08 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused if you were impacted by today’s incident. May 7 , 08:23 PDT Identified - We’ve run into some issues. Turnitin Feedback Studio is currently experiencing an unexpected service incident. During this time, Spanish language users may encounter intermittent errors when accessing AI writing reports. We invite you to track the progress of this incident while we work to bring the service back to optimum health.
Turnitin Service Incident - 4th May 2026
May 4 , 15:09 PDT Resolved - We’ve fixed it! Due to an unplanned key rotation by Instructure following the security incident posted here (https://status.instructure.com/incidents/9wm4knj2r64z), users might have been unable to access or generate similarity reports via Canvas LMS submitted via Canvas Plagiarism Framework (CPF). We are pleased to advise that service has been restored. Affected products: Turnitin Turnitin UK Turnitin Similarity, Originality and SimCheck The incident occurred between the following times: PDT: May 1st, 2026 - Friday, 15:30 to May 4th, 2026 - Monday 14:49 BST: May 1st, 2026 - Friday, 23:30 to May 4th, 2026 - Monday 22:49 AEST: May 2nd, 2026 - Saturday, 08:30 - May 5th, 2026 - Tuesday 07:49 Please note that Canvas will resubmit the affected submissions; it is worth noting that this may take a while to complete. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused if you were impacted by the incident. May 4 , 07:32 PDT Identified - We’ve run into some issues. Due to an unplanned key rotation by Instructure following the security incident posted here (https://status.instructure.com/incidents/9wm4knj2r64z), users will encounter issues accessing reports via Canvas LMS submitted via Canvas Plagiarism Framework (CPF). Affected products: Turnitin Turnitin UK Turnitin Similarity, Originality and SimCheck
Turnitin Service Incident - 30th April 2026
Apr 30 , 14:36 PDT Resolved - We’ve fixed it! Due to an unexpected service incident, you may have been unable to access Turnitin Clarity assignments created using an LTI 1.3 integration via turnitinuk.com and turnitin.com directly today. We are pleased to advise that service has been restored. The incident occurred between the following times: PDT: Thursday, 30th April 08:47- Thursday, 30th April 14:01 BST: Thursday, 30th April 16:47 - Thursday, 30th April 22:01 AEST: Friday, 1st May 01:47 - Friday, 1st May 07:01 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused if you were impacted by today’s incident. Apr 30 , 12:31 PDT Monitoring - A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results. Apr 30 , 12:30 PDT Update - We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue. Apr 30 , 11:29 PDT Identified - We’ve run into some issues. Turnitin Clarity is currently experiencing an unexpected service incident. During this time, you may find that you areunable to access Turnitin Clarity assignments created using an LTI 1.3 integration via turnitinuk.com and turnitin.com directly. We invite you to track the progress of this incident while we work to bring the service back to optimum health.
Turnitin Service Incident - 30th April 2026
Apr 30 , 06:58 PDT Resolved - We’ve fixed it! Due to an unexpected service incident, you may have been unable to load the Student Writing Report in Turnitin Clarity today. We are pleased to advise that service has been restored. The incident occurred between the following times: PDT: Wednesday, 29th April 21:43- Thursday, 30th April 06:45 BST: Thursday, 30th April 05:43 - Thursday, 30th April 14:45 AEST: Thursday, 30th April 14:43 - Thursday, 30th April 23:45 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused if you were impacted by today’s incident. Apr 30 , 05:16 PDT Investigating - We’ve run into some issues. Turnitin Clarity is currently experiencing an unexpected service incident. During this time, you may find that you are unable to load the Student Writing Report. We invite you to track the progress of this incident while we work to bring the service back to optimum health.
Turnitin Service Incident - 30th April 2026
Apr 30 , 04:17 PDT Resolved - We’ve fixed it! Due to an unexpected service incident, Users in the UK using an integration may have encountered slowness or intermittent 504 errors in Feedback Studio UK today. We are pleased to advise that service has been restored. The incident occurred between the following times: PDT: Wednesday, 29th April 04:17 - Thursday, 30th April 08:15 BST: Thursday, 30th April 12:17 - Thursday, 30th April 16:15 AEST: Thursday, 30th April 21:17 - Friday, 1st May 01:15 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused if you were impacted by today’s incident.
Turnitin Service Incident - 1st April 2026
Mar 31 , 22:27 PDT Resolved - We’ve fixed it! Due to an unexpected service incident, you may have experienced a delay in the Similarity Report generation, as well as possible errors when attempting to log in to Turnitin, Turnitin UK, Similarity, SimCheck, Originality, Authorship, iThenticate V2, and Crossref Similarity Check today. Users accessing via an integration may have also been affected. We are pleased to advise that service has been restored. The incident occurred between the following times: PDT: Tuesday, 31st March 20:00 - Tuesday, 31st March 22:11 BST: Wednesday, 1st April 04:00 - Wednesday, 1st April 06:11 AEDT: Wednesday, 1st April 14:00 - Wednesday, 1st April 16:11 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused if you were impacted by today’s incident. Mar 31 , 20:49 PDT Identified - We’ve run into some issues. Turnitin, Turnitin UK, Similarity, SimCheck, Originality, Authorship, iThenticate V2, and Crossref Similarity Check are currently experiencing an unexpected service incident. During this time, you may experience a delay in the Similarity Report generation, as well as possible errors when attempting to log in to Turnitin Similarity, SimCheck, Originality, Authorship, iThenticate V2, and Crossref Similarity Check. Users accessing via an integration may have also been affected. We invite you to track the progress of this incident while we work to bring the service back to optimum health.
Turnitin Service Incident - 24th March 2026
Mar 24 , 06:30 PDT Resolved - We’ve fixed it! Due to an unexpected Service Incident, you may have been unable to load classic Similarity Reports in Turnitin, Turnitin UK and if accessing through an integration today. We are pleased to advise that service has been restored. The incident occurred between the following times: PDT: Tuesday, 24th March 04:50 - Tuesday, 24th March 06:07 GMT: Tuesday, 24th March 11:50 - Tuesday, 24th March 13:07 AEDT: Tuesday, 24th March 22:50 - Wednesday, 25th March 00:07 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused if you were impacted by today’s incident.
Turnitin Service Incident - 11th of March 2026
Mar 11 , 11:13 PDT Resolved - We’ve fixed it! Due to an unexpected service incident, you may have encountered an error message when accessing the Turnitin, Turnitin UK and iThenticate homepages today. Users accessing via an integration may have also been affected. We are pleased to advise that service has been restored. The incident occurred between the following times: PDT: Wednesday, 11th March 09:20 - Wednesday, 11th March 10:44 GMT: Wednesday, 11th March 16:20 - Wednesday, 11th March 17:44 AEDT: Thursday, 12th March 03:20 - Thursday, 12th March 04:44 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused if you were impacted by today’s incident. Mar 11 , 10:06 PDT Update - iThenticate.com is now back to normal. We’re continuing to work on the intermittent errors shown in Turnitin, Turnitin UK and Feedback Studio. Users accessing these services via an integration continue to be affected. Mar 11 , 09:52 PDT Update - We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue. Mar 11 , 09:38 PDT Identified - We’ve run into some issues. Turnitin, Turnitin UK, Feedback Studio and iThenticate V1 are currently experiencing an unexpected service incident. During this time, users may encounter an error message intermittently when accessing the Turnitin, Turnitin UK and iThenticate homepages. Users accessing via an integration may also be affected. We invite you to track the progress of this incident while we work to bring the service back to optimum health.
Turnitin Emergency Maintenance - March 7, 2026
Mar 7 , 12:01 PST Completed - March 7, 2026 Emergency Maintenance Completed. Thank you for your patience. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused if you were impacted by today’s maintenance. Mar 7 , 08:00 PST In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Mar 4 , 09:52 PST Scheduled - Turnitin will take an emergency 4-hour maintenance on March 7 08:00 - 12:00 PST, March 7 16:00 - 20:00 GMT, March 7 03:00 - 07:00 AEDT [go to https://tinyurl.com/2vzj8h63 to find your local time], with the following services potentially experiencing intermittent availability during these times: Originality (including all Integrations) SimCheck (including Integrations) Similarity (including Integrations) Turnitin Core API (including Integrations) Crossref Similarity Check Draft Coach Turnitin Clarity Authorship Turnitin and TurnitinUK (including all Integrations) Gradescope (Code Similarity Reports, integration with LTI 1.3 and exporting submissions only) Roster Sync iThenticate 2.0 iThenticate iThenticate (via API) Canvas Plagiarism Framework Integrations through LTI 1.3 We regret any inconvenience this may cause.
Turnitin Service Incident - 3rd March 2026
Mar 3 , 10:11 PST Resolved - We’ve fixed it! Due to an unexpected service incident, users of Turnitin, Turnitin UK, iThenticate V1, iThenticate V2 and Crossref Similarity Check might have experienced issues accessing the service when logging in via Shibboleth SSO today. We are pleased to advise that service has been restored. The incident occurred between the following times: PST: Tuesday, 3rd March 07:00 - Tuesday, 3rd March 09:48 GMT: Tuesday, 3rd March 15:00 - Tuesday, 3rd March 17:48 AEDT: Wednesday, 4th March 02:00 - Wednesday, 4th March 04:48 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused if you were impacted by today’s incident. Mar 3 , 09:43 PST Investigating - We’ve run into some issues. Turnitin, Turnitin UK, iThenticate V1, iThenticate V2 and Crossref Similarity Check are currently experiencing an unexpected service incident. During this time, users accessing the service via Shibboleth SSO may be unable to log in. Users accessing the service through other login methods are not affected. We invite you to track the progress of this incident while we work to bring the service back to optimum health.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Turnitin down right now?
This page shows the real-time status of Turnitin. The status is checked automatically by pinging Turnitin's servers. If the status shows "Down", it means Turnitin is currently experiencing issues.
Why is Turnitin not working?
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