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 Maintenance - July, 18th 2026
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT Jul 18 , 08:00 - 14:00 PDT Jun 18 , 07:14 PDT Scheduled - Turnitin will take a 6-hour maintenance on July, 18 08:00 - 14:00 PDT, July, 18 16:00 - 22:00 BST July, 19 01:00 - 07:00 AEST [go to https://tinyurl.com/9fcm6asu to find your local time], with the following services potentially experiencing intermittent availability during these times: Unavailable: Originality (including all Integrations) SimCheck (including Integrations) Similarity (including Integrations) Turnitin Core API (including Integrations) Crossref Similarity Check Draft Coach Authorship Turnitin and TurnitinUK (including all Integrations) Turnitin Clarity Gradescope (including mobile app and all Integrations) 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 - 25th June 2026
Jun 25 , 08:55 PDT Resolved - We’ve fixed it! Due to an unexpected service incident, users accessing the service via turnitin.com and turnitinuk.com may have encountered an error when accessing New standard or Clarity assignments today. Users accessing these services via an integration, may also have been affected. We are pleased to advise that service has been restored. The incident occurred between the following times: PDT: Thursday, 25th June 06:05 - Thursday, 25th June 08:43 BST: Thursday, 25th June 14:05 - Thursday, 25th June 16:43 AEST: Thursday, 25th June 23:05 - Friday, 26th June 01:43 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused if you were impacted by today’s incident. Jun 25 , 08:13 PDT Update - We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue. Jun 25 , 08:10 PDT Update - We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue. Jun 25 , 08:04 PDT Identified - We’ve run into some issues. Turnitin and TurnitinUK are currently experiencing an unexpected service incident. During this time, users accessing the service via turnitin.com and turnitinuk.com may encounter an error when accessing New standard or Clarity assignments. Users accessing these services 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 Service Incident - 15th June 2026
Jun 14 , 18:00 PDT Resolved - We’ve run into some issues. Feedback Studio, Feedback Studio UK, iThenticate v1, iThenticate v2 and Similarity have experienced an unexpected service incident. During this time, some users may have experienced an error message when logging in via Shibboleth SSO. PDT: Sunday, 14th June 17:43 - Monday, 15th June 03:22 BST: Monday, 15th June 01:43 - Monday, 15th June 11:22 AEST: Monday, 15th June 10:43 - Monday, 15th June 20:22 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused if you were impacted by today’s incident.
Turnitin Service Incident - 11th June 2026
Jun 11 , 16:00 PDT Resolved - We’ve fixed it! Due to an unexpected service incident, users may have been unable to access their classes in Turnitin and Turnitin UK today. Users accessing these services via an integration may also have been affected. We are pleased to advise that service has been restored. The incident occurred between the following times: PDT: Thursday, 11th June 16:10 - Thursday, 11th June 16:50 BST: Friday, 12th June 00:10 - Friday, 12th June 00:50 AEST: Friday, 12th June 09:10 - Friday, 12th June 09:50 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused if you were impacted by today’s incident.
Turnitin Service Incident - 10th June 2026
Jun 9 , 21:00 PDT Resolved - We’ve fixed it! Due to an unexpected service incident, users who access Turnitin, Turnitin UK, Turnitin Similarity, SimCheck, Originality and iThenticate V1 and V2 through Shibboleth SSO only, may have been unable to do so today. We are pleased to advise that service has been restored. The incident occurred between the following times: PDT: Tuesday, June 9th 21:06 - Wednesday, June 10th 01:42 BST: Wednesday, June 10th 05:06 - Wednesday, June 10th 09:42 AEDT: Wednesday, June 10th 14:06 - Wednesday, June 10th 18:42 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused if you were impacted by today’s incident.
Turnitin Service Incident - 3rd of June 2026
Jun 3 , 18:48 PDT Resolved - We’ve fixed it! Due to an unexpected service incident, you may have been unable to access in Turnitin.com, TurnitinUK.com and iThenticate.com today, users accessing these services via integrations may have been affected. We are pleased to advise that service has been restored. The incident occurred between the following times: Turnitin.com and TurnitinUK.com: PDT: Wednesday, 3rd June, 17:00 - Wednesday, 3rd June 18:12 BST: Thursday, 4th June, 01:00 - Thursday, 4th June, 02:12 AEST: Thursday, 4th June, 10:00 - Thursday, 4th June, 11:12 iThenticate.com: PDT: Wednesday, 3rd June, 17:00 - Wednesday, 3rd June 18:38 BST: Thursday, 4th June, 01:00 - Thursday, 4th June, 02:38 AEST: Thursday, 4th June, 10:00 - Thursday, 4th June, 11:38 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused if you were impacted by today’s incident. Jun 3 , 18:24 PDT Monitoring - We're currently monitoring a fix for Turnitin and Turnitin UK, however, iThenticate V1 users are still affected. Jun 3 , 17:47 PDT Update - We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue. Jun 3 , 17:42 PDT Identified - We’ve run into some issues. Turnitin is currently experiencing an unexpected service incident. During this time, users may find that Turnitin, Turnitin UK and iThenticate V1 are inaccessible, integrations users may be 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 - 19th May 2026
May 19 , 06:36 PDT Resolved - We’ve fixed it! Due to an unexpected service incident, you may have been unable to access Turnitin UK classes and assignments today. Users accessing via an integration have also been affected. Administrators may have also experienced errors when accessing their portal. We are pleased to advise that service has been restored. The incident occurred between the following times: PDT: Tuesday, 19th May 2026 04:50 - 06:20 BST: Tuesday, 19th May 2026 12:50 - 14:20 AEST: Tuesday, 19th May 2026 21:50 - 23:20 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused if you were impacted by today’s incident. May 19 , 05:52 PDT Identified - We’ve run into some issues. Turnitin UK is currently experiencing an unexpected service incident. During this time, you may find that you are unable to access Classes or Assignments. 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 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.
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