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AWS Regional Outage impacting Canvas, Qualtrics and other HUIT services

Incident Report for HUIT

Resolved

The extended outage to Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been resolved, and Canvas service has been restored. Other HUIT services affected by today’s outage are also fully restored.

HUIT will continue to closely monitor system performance. If you experience any further issues, please contact the HUIT Service Desk.

We apologize for the disruption caused by today’s extended outage and appreciate your patience as we worked with our vendors to restore service.
Posted Oct 20, 2025 - 19:16 EDT

Update

Canvas is still unavailable and other HUIT services are experiencing performance issues due to an extended Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage. Although AWS has identified the root cause, they are still working to restore service.

We understand that this extended outage has been disruptive, and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
Posted Oct 20, 2025 - 17:38 EDT

Monitoring

Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to see improvements in their environment but currently has no estimated time of resolution. The services listed below remain unavailable or are experiencing performance issues:
Adobe Creative Cloud
Canvas
HUIT Jira
HUIT Confluence
Harvard Wiki
Harvard AI Sandbox
Panopto
Qualtrics
Smartsheet

If you experience access or performances issues with other IT services, please contact the HUIT Service Desk. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
Posted Oct 20, 2025 - 16:22 EDT

Update

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is continuing work to restore service but currently has no estimated time of resolution. The services listed below remain unavailable or are experiencing performance issues.
Adobe Creative Cloud
Canvas
HUIT Jira
HUIT Confluence
Harvard Wiki
Harvard AI Sandbox
Panopto
Qualtrics
Smartsheet

If you experience access or performances issues with other IT services, please contact the HUIT Service Desk. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
Posted Oct 20, 2025 - 13:31 EDT

Update

Due to the ongoing Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage, several HUIT services remain unavailable or are experiencing performance issues. AWS has identified the root cause and is working to restore service.

Currently identified impacted services include:
Adobe Creative Cloud
Canvas
HUIT Jira
HUIT Confluence
Harvard Wiki
Panopto
Qualtrics
Smartsheet
Posted Oct 20, 2025 - 12:12 EDT

Update

Due to the ongoing Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage, several HUIT services remain unavailable or are experiencing performance issues. AWS has identified the root cause and is working to restore service.

Currently identified impacted services include:
Adobe Creative Cloud
Canvas
HUIT Jira
HUIT Confluence
Harvard Wiki
Panopto
Qualtrics
Smartsheet
Posted Oct 20, 2025 - 12:01 EDT

Update

Due to the ongoing Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage, several HUIT services remain unavailable or are experiencing performance issues. AWS has identified the root cause and is working to restore service.

Currently identified impacted services include:
Adobe Creative Cloud
Canvas
Panopto
Qualtrics
Smartsheet
Posted Oct 20, 2025 - 11:09 EDT

Investigating

Due to an Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage, several HUIT services including Canvas and Qualtrics are currently unavailable or experiencing performance issues. The AWS outage is a widespread issue not specific to Harvard.

Currently identified impacted services include:
Canvas
Qualtrics
Panopto
Posted Oct 20, 2025 - 10:28 EDT
This incident affected: Teaching & Learning Platforms (Harvard Wiki, Panopto, Qualtrics), Adobe (Adobe Creative Cloud), and Canvas.