IBM Verify (US Region Cluster C ) had brief service impact
Started August 25, 2026 at 12:48 PM UTC · 5h 58m
OutageMajor incident
Affected components
Account Lifecycle (Cluster C)Authentication with External LDAP (Cluster C)Authentication with SAML Identity Provider (Cluster C)Application Onboarding (Cluster C)Authentication with IBMid for admin users (Cluster C)Cloud Directory Users and Groups management (Cluster C)User and Group management with API client (Cluster C)Single sign on for OIDC applications (Cluster C)Single sign on for SAML applications (Cluster C)Authentication with Cloud Directory (Cluster C)User ID and password authentication from API (Cluster C)
monitoring
IBM Verify (US Region Cluster C) experienced a brief service disruption at 12 noon UTC for approx 5 minutes. Service is restored and IBM is monitoring
resolved
This incident has been resolved.
IBM Verify (Europe Region) experiencing service impacting issues.
Started August 20, 2026 at 3:39 PM UTC · 5d 4h
OutageMajor incident
Affected components
Single sign on for OIDC applicationsAuthentication with SAML Identity ProviderAuthentication with External LDAPUser and Group management with API clientAccount LifecycleAuthentication with IBMid for admin usersApplication OnboardingAuthentication with Cloud DirectoryCloud Directory Users and Groups managementUser ID and password authentication from APISingle sign on for SAML applications
investigating
IBM Verify (Europe Region) customers may be experiencing issues with the service. We are currently investigating. We have taken action to move to alternate processing environment.
investigating
Issue is re-occurring. Users may experience some intermittent authentication failures. We are continuing to investigate the issue.
investigating
We are continuing to investigate. Services are generally available, but there may be intermittent failures.
identified
We have identified the area that has been causing the issue. We are continuing to investigate.
The service remains operational at this time.
identified
Service continues to be stable. We are still investigating the cause of the issue.
identified
We have experienced some further intermittent issues and continue to investigate the cause.
monitoring
Service in Europe continues to be stable. We are continuing to monitor.
resolved
This incident has been resolved.
IBM Security Verify (US Region) experiencing service impacting issues.
Started August 11, 2026 at 9:29 AM UTC · 1h 2m
OutageMajor incident
Affected components
Account Lifecycle (Cluster C)Authentication with External LDAP (Cluster C)Authentication with SAML Identity Provider (Cluster C)Application Onboarding (Cluster C)Authentication with IBMid for admin users (Cluster C)Cloud Directory Users and Groups management (Cluster C)User and Group management with API client (Cluster C)Single sign on for OIDC applications (Cluster C)Single sign on for SAML applications (Cluster C)Authentication with Cloud Directory (Cluster C)User ID and password authentication from API (Cluster C)
investigating
IBM Security Verify (US Region Cluster C) customers may be experiencing issues with the service. We are currently investigating. This is affecting IBMid login from other clusters
monitoring
Issue has been identified. Service is restored. IBM is monitoring.
resolved
The incident is fully resolved.
IBM Verify - delays in SMS delivery for One Time Passcode
Started August 5, 2026 at 1:10 PM UTC · 10h 3m
IssuesMinor incident
Affected components
User ID and password authentication from API (Cluster A)Authentication with Cloud Directory (Cluster B)Authentication with Cloud DirectoryAuthentication with Cloud Directory (Cluster C)
investigating
IBM Verify users in US that rely on SMS for OTP may be experiencing delays in SMS delivery. We are currently investigating.
monitoring
Services have been generally restored and SMS based MFA messages are now being received.
resolved
Service has remained stable following the corrective actions implemented by our engineering teams. No further issues related to this incident have been observed.
IBM Security Verify (Japan Region) experiencing service impacting issues.
Started August 4, 2026 at 4:42 AM UTC · 10h 49m
OutageCritical incident
Affected components
Authentication with Cloud DirectoryCloud Directory Users and Groups managementUser and Group management with API client
investigating
We are currently investigating alerts for Japan.
monitoring
The issue was identified and recovery actions were completed at 05:35 UTC. Services have recovered and are operating normally. We are continuing to monitor the environment closely.
resolved
This incident has been resolved.
[GDSC] Risk Events experience delayed processing
Started August 1, 2026 at 1:58 PM UTC · 5d 8h
IssuesMinor incident
Affected components
Risk Events
identified
The GDSC Risk Events are presenting an slight delay in process, our team are aware of this situation and are closely monitoring and analyzing it.
identified
We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
monitoring
This is being continously monitored. The cause has been identified and we're monitoring the Risk events behavior activity now.
resolved
This incident has been resolved. After careful review by our team, we can determine the issue is contained.
We are investigating degraded performance affecting multiple IBM Security Verify tenants. Customers may experience increased latency, intermittent timeouts, authentication failures, and elevated HTTP 503 errors. Engineering teams are actively working to mitigate the issue and restore normal service. Further updates will be provided as they become available.
investigating
We have implemented mitigation actions and are observing improved service performance across affected IBM Security Verify tenants.
Our engineering teams continue to closely monitor the environment to ensure service stability while the investigation remains ongoing. We will provide additional updates as more information becomes available.
investigating
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
identified
Engineering teams have identified the factors contributing to the service degradation and are actively implementing a permanent fix.
Mitigation actions have been implemented to restore platform stability and reduce impact across affected tenants. Monitoring and validation activities remain ongoing.
Further updates will be provided as they become available.
monitoring
Corrective actions have been implemented and service performance remains stable.
Validation activities have been completed successfully, and affected workloads have continued to operate normally under production traffic levels. Engineering teams are maintaining enhanced monitoring while final follow-up activities and the post-incident review continue.
We will provide additional updates as progress continues.
resolved
Service has remained stable following the corrective actions implemented by our engineering teams. Customer validation completed successfully, and no further issues related to this incident have been observed.
This incident has been resolved.
IBM Security Verify (Japan Region) experiencing service impacting issues.
Started July 22, 2026 at 2:37 PM UTC · 3h 37m
OutageMajor incident
Affected components
Single sign on for OIDC applicationsAuthentication with Cloud DirectoryAuthentication with SAML Identity ProviderAuthentication with IBMid for admin usersUser ID and password authentication from APIApplication OnboardingCloud Directory Users and Groups managementSingle sign on for SAML applicationsUser and Group management with API clientAccount LifecycleAuthentication with External LDAP
investigating
IBM Security Verify (Japan Region) customers may be experiencing issues with the service. We are currently investigating alerts for Japan.
identified
The issue has been identified. Verify team is working to remediate.
identified
We are continuing to work on remediation.
monitoring
Following recovery steps undertaken, services have recovered. We are continuing to monitor.
monitoring
We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
resolved
Issue in ISV Japan is resolved. All monitoring has been clear.
We are continuing to investigate an issue affecting the datamart ingestion service. Our engineering team is actively working to restore normal operations. During this time, some data may be delayed or incomplete. We will provide further updates as more information becomes available.
investigating
We have identified a delay in the Datamart data ingestion process today. The issue is actively under review by our team, and we are continuously monitoring the service. Further updates will be provided as more information becomes available.
monitoring
The ingestion backlog has been cleared and processing has normalized. The service remains stable, and we will continue monitoring as a precaution.
monitoring
We have detected an slight degradation in the event ingestion. The team is actively reviewing and have identified the cause of it.
investigating
We have detected an slight degradation in the event ingestion. The team is actively monitoring and investigating.
investigating
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
resolved
This incident has been resolved.
AI ChatBot might experience delayed responses
Started July 1, 2026 at 9:09 PM UTC · 49d 22h
Pending
Affected components
AI ChatBot (Chat with watsonx)AI ChatBot (Chat with watsonx)
identified
We are currently investigating internal issues affecting the AI ChatBot. During this time, users may experience delays in responses.
monitoring
A fix has been identified, it is currently under review, testing and monitoring.
We will be updating once a complete solution has been achieved.
DataMart, Risk Events, and Outliers services are currently experiencing degraded performance, including slow ingestion processing. This may result in delays in reporting. Our team is actively investigating the issue.
resolved
We have been actively monitoring our ingestion and processing rates, and we can now confirm that they have returned to expected levels. The system has been stable and operating normally since the weekend, so this issue is now fully resolved. Thank you for your patience.
IBM Security Verify (US Region) service impacting issue
Started June 24, 2026 at 6:32 PM UTC · 1h 54m
Pending
Affected components
Single sign on for SAML applications (Cluster A)Authentication with Cloud Directory (Cluster A)User ID and password authentication from API (Cluster A)Single sign on for OIDC applications (Cluster A)Application Onboarding (Cluster A)Cloud Directory Users and Groups management (Cluster A)User and Group management with API client (Cluster A)Authentication with SAML Identity Provider (Cluster A)Authentication with IBMid for admin users (Cluster A)Account Lifecycle (Cluster A)
monitoring
IBM Security Verify (US Region) customers may have experienced a brief service impact at approx 18:15 UTC. The issue lasted for approx 5 minutes and affected some tenants / customers. Issue is resolved and service is restored.
resolved
Service has been operational for some time. Closing this incident.
IBM Security Verify (US Region) experiencing service impacting issues.
Started June 15, 2026 at 6:33 PM UTC · 1d 21h
OutageMajor incident
Affected components
Single sign on for SAML applications (Cluster A)Authentication with Cloud Directory (Cluster A)User ID and password authentication from API (Cluster A)Authentication with External LDAP (Cluster A)Single sign on for OIDC applications (Cluster A)Application Onboarding (Cluster A)Cloud Directory Users and Groups management (Cluster A)User and Group management with API client (Cluster A)Authentication with SAML Identity Provider (Cluster A)Authentication with IBMid for admin users (Cluster A)Account Lifecycle (Cluster A)
investigating
IBM Security Verify (US Region Cluster A) customers is experiencing intermittent issues with the service. We are currently investigating.
identified
We have identified the issue and are taking steps to address
resolved
This issue is resolved. Closing
IBM Security Verify (US Region Cluster C ) experienced short service interruption
Started June 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM UTC · 0m
Pending
Affected components
Account Lifecycle (Cluster C)Authentication with External LDAP (Cluster C)Authentication with SAML Identity Provider (Cluster C)Application Onboarding (Cluster C)Authentication with IBMid for admin users (Cluster C)Cloud Directory Users and Groups management (Cluster C)User and Group management with API client (Cluster C)Single sign on for OIDC applications (Cluster C)Single sign on for SAML applications (Cluster C)Authentication with Cloud Directory (Cluster C)User ID and password authentication from API (Cluster C)
resolved
IBM Security Verify experienced a short period of service impact at 14:50 UTC. that resolved at 14:52 UTC. All services are currently available.
IBM Verify Canada - Brief interruptions occurred to traffic on vanity hostnames during planned maintenance activity.
Started June 11, 2026 at 7:30 AM UTC · 0m
IssuesMinor incident
resolved
The planned maintenance has been completed successfully. However, a small number of customers may have experienced brief interruptions affecting traffic on vanity hostnames during the maintenance window. The issue was resolved, and all systems are back to normal working condition.
Guardium Data Security Center (US) - Demo tenants provisioning
Started June 8, 2026 at 10:41 PM UTC · 50d 21h
IssuesMinor incident
Affected components
Account Management
identified
We are currently experiencing issues affecting the provisioning of demo tenants. Users may encounter delays or failures during the setup process. Our team is actively investigating and working to restore normal functionality as quickly as possible.
resolved
A fix has been implemented for the Demo Tenant provisioning delay and / or failure.
IBM Security Verify (Europe Region) experiencing service impacting issues.
Started May 7, 2026 at 6:00 AM UTC · 0m
Pending
resolved
IBM Security Verify (Europe Region). Some customers may have experienced a short period where services were inaccessible. Services are restored and now fully operational.
IBM Verify - authentication issues in Canada cluster
Started May 5, 2026 at 6:36 AM UTC · 1d 5h
OutageCritical incident
Affected components
Single sign on for OIDC applicationsAuthentication with Cloud DirectorySingle sign on for SAML applicationsApplication OnboardingUser ID and password authentication from API
investigating
We are currently investigating the issue.
identified
An issue has been identified and we are working on remediation steps.
monitoring
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the system.
resolved
This incident has been resolved.
IBM Verify - authentication issues in Canada region
Started April 30, 2026 at 12:38 PM UTC · 1h 3m
Pending
Affected components
Authentication with IBMid for admin users ( Cluster B )Single sign on for OIDC applications ( Cluster B )Authentication with Cloud Directory ( Cluster B )Account Lifecycle ( Cluster B )Application Onboarding ( Cluster B )Authentication with External LDAP ( Cluster B )Single sign on for SAML applications ( Cluster B )User ID and password authentication from API ( Cluster B )Authentication with SAML Identity Provider ( Cluster B )
monitoring
IBM Verify Canada Cluster B experienced an issue affecting authentications. Issue has been resolved at this time and we are currently monitoring.
resolved
Monitoring has been successful. Issue is remediated. x
GDSC Datamart Ingestion Issue
Started April 27, 2026 at 3:58 PM UTC · 14d 8h
OutageMajor incident
Affected components
Data Management – Ingestion (Datamart)Data Management – Ingestion (Datamart)
investigating
The datamart ingestion pipeline is experiencing partial failures, causing some datasets not to be ingested successfully. We are actively investigating the issue to determine the root cause and restore normal operation.
identified
The root cause has been identified, and we are currently working on implementing a potential fix for the issue.
identified
We are continuing to investigate an issue affecting the datamart ingestion service. Our engineering team is actively working to identify the root cause and restore normal operations. During this time, some data may be delayed or incomplete. We will provide further updates as more information becomes available.
identified
A fix has been applied and issue is resolved. We are monitoring the service.
investigating
Status: Mitigating
We are continuing to address degraded data ingestion performance, which is causing delays in downstream components that rely on ingested data. The platform remains available; however, data freshness is impacted.
The root cause has not yet been confirmed. In coordination with Cloud provider Support, current findings suggest database lock contention in Data warehouse DB as a contributing factor.
We are actively tuning ingestion concurrency, scaling database capacity, and working with Cloud provider to restore normal processing rates.
Further updates will be provided as mitigation progresses.
monitoring
A mitigation has been successfully implemented and we are monitoring the results.
The data warehouse engine rollback has completed, and data ingestion throughput has recovered as expected. The processing backlog is decreasing rapidly, and downstream components dependent on ingestion are beginning to normalize.
We will continue to closely monitor ingestion performance and data freshness to ensure sustained stability before marking the incident as fully resolved.
identified
We continue to experience material degradation in data ingestion and downstream event generation. While some progress has been made, ingestion throughput remains inconsistent and backlog processing is ongoing. As a result, risk events and outliers may be delayed or incomplete.
monitoring
Our Engineering and SRE teams worked through the weekend and made some adjustments to the ingestion service process today. The platform is actively processing queued data now and ingestion throughput is improving. We expect the ingestion of data to catch up by tomorrow morning.
Our teams remain closely engaged and are monitoring progress to ensure continued recovery. Further updates will be provided about the progress to completely restoring all services.
monitoring
Ingestion continues to make steady progress. The new ingest queue is decreasing, and retry volume is now very low and stable. Queued data is actively being processed, and the platform remains stable under the current operating conditions.
We will continue to monitor closely as the remaining backlog drains and ingestion continues toward full normalization.
monitoring
Ingestion has caught up to current data, and the platform is operating in a stable state. Backlog queues have been processed successfully, and new incoming data is being handled normally as it arrives.
Downstream processing, including risk generation, has resumed and data is flowing as expected. We will continue to monitor closely to ensure sustained stability as regular ingestion cycles continue.
resolved
The ingestion service has returned to stable operation, and the platform is processing data normally. Ingestion has caught up to current data, and all core services are functioning as expected.
Our teams will continue to monitor the system, but no further operational impact is anticipated related to this incident.
Thank you for your patience.