Is Brown University down?
Major outage reported
From status.brown.edu · checked 2 minutes ago · every 5 minutes
An email when it goes down, and when it’s back.
As of 03:38 UTC on 12 November 2026, Brown University's status page reports a major outage.
- Last problem
- Going on now
- Problems, last 30 days
- 4
- Typical incident
- 1 h 25 min
- Longest in 90 days
- 7 h 41 min · 30 Sept
Oscar Connection Issues
Major outageStarted 22 days ago, affecting Oscar High Performance Computing.
Read the updates on status.brown.edu ↗Uptime
Brown University, last 30 days
22.54 %
Biggest dip: Brown University, 537.2 h of major outage on Oct 20.
Incidents
Started in the last 7 days
0
This week Week before
No incidents this week. The last one: Brown University, major outage on Oct 20.
Recovery
Median time back online
1 h 25 min
0 of 3 were over within an hour. Each dot is one incident; the dashed line is the median.
Components 96
1 with issues, 1 under maintenance
Desktop and Mobile Computing 5
parts 
- MyPrint
- PPrint
- RemoteApp Streaming Applications
- Software Catalog - software.brown.edu
- Software License Managers
Administrative and Business 25
parts
- 25Live Space Scheduling
- Applications Manager (AppWorx)
- Banner for Administrators
- Banner Document Management System (BDMS)
- Blackbaud Internet Solutions (Alumni)
- BrownBuys
- Brown Contract Management System (BCM)
- Cognos - Analytics & Reporting
- Confluence Administration
- Confluence Authentication and User Management
- Confluence View Content
- Deskpro Help Request System and IT Knowledgebase - ithelp.brown.edu
- Events Calendar - events.brown.edu
- FileMaker Database Hosting
- Jira Service Management Assets
- Jira Service Management Authentication and User Management
- Jira Service Management Jira Service Management Web
- Jira Service Management Service Portal
- Phenix
- Planon Facilities Management Portal
- Salesforce
- Space Reservations@Brown - Space Scheduling
- Tableau - Analytics and Visualization
- University Ticketing (AudienceView)
- Workday
Research 10
parts
- Coeus Grant Management
- Globus File Transfers
- Hibernate (Starfish)
- iLabs
- InfoEd Grant Management
- LRS Research File Services - lrs.brown.edu
- Oscar High Performance Computing Major outage
- SSH Gateway
- Stronghold Secure Research Environments
- VAST - files22.brown.edu
Other 1
part
- Other Maintenance
Infrastructure 5
parts
- Department File Services - files.brown.edu
- Fileway - webfiles.brown.edu
- Hosted Virtual Machines (Hyper-V)
- GitHub Codespaces
- REDCap
Information Security and Accounts 11
parts
- Brown Directory - directory.brown.edu
- Duo Core Authentication Service
- Duo Two-Step Authentication
- 1Password
- Microsoft Active Directory/Office365 Authentication
- MyAccount - myaccount.brown.edu
- Shibboleth Single-Signon Authentication
- Duo Admin Panel
- Duo Push Delivery
- Duo Phone Call Delivery
- Duo SMS Message Delivery
Communication and Collaboration 15
parts
- BrownBlogs
- BrownSites - Department Websites
- Dropbox
- Google Drive
- Google Mail
- Grouper
- Listserv Email Groups
- Lyris Bulk Email
- MyBrown Web Portal
- Office365
- OneDrive/Sharepoint
- Sympa Bulk Email
- Today@Brown - today.brown.edu
- Web Hosting (Plesk, Drupal, Webpub & LAMP)
- Zoom Meetings
Student Services 3
parts
- Advising Sidekick (ASK)
- Banner Self-Service
- StarRez Housing Management
Network Connectivity and Telecommunications 15
parts
- Jabber
- Telephone service (local and long distance)
- Voicemail service
- VPN - Virtual Private Network
- Wired Network
- Wireless network (Brown, Brown-Guest, & Eduroam)
- Cellular Carrier Service
- Connections on College Hill North of Waterman - Buildings
- Connections on College Hill North of Waterman - Outdoor Spaces
- Connections on College Hill North of Waterman - Residence Halls
- Connections on College Hill South of Waterman - Buildings
- Connections on College Hill South of Waterman - Outdoor Spaces
- Connections on College Hill South of Waterman - Residence Halls
- Connections in Athletics and Facilities Office
- Connections in Jewelry District
Teaching and Learning 6
parts
- Brown Digital Repository (BDR)
- Canvas Course Platform
- Course Catalog - cab.brown.edu
- Course Tools for Instructors and Students - coursetools.brown.edu
- Online Course Reserves (Leganto)
- Panopto Lecture Capture and Media Library
Last 90 days
8 incidents in 48 days tracked · no reported issues 50.1% of the time · typical incident 1 h 25 min
Recent incidents
Times in UTC
- Stronghold Outage 1 h 55 min Major outage
- Faculty Club print system unavailable 1 h 25 min Major outage
- Partial Network Outage at Life Sciences Building, 5th floor (185 Meeting St.) 1 h 20 min
Issue - OIT Planned Maintenance: Stronghold Globus Services 30 min
Maintenance - OIT Planned Maintenance: Hibernate (Starfish) 5 h 58 min Maintenance
- VPN Update - Windows Troubleshooting Steps 13 h 9 min Maintenance
- MyPrint PaperCut Print Deploy Client 20 min Issue
- Zoom's add-on for calendar integrations 3 h 16 min Issue
- University Services Access & Duo Setup Delays for New Accounts 7 h 41 min Issue
- OIT Planned Maintenance: Stronghold Globus Services 1 h Maintenance
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