Disruption to FBaPS file storage systems
Update - FBaPS ‘home’ shares remain unavailable.

Service restoration is not expected until at least next week.
Jan 28, 2026 - 10:25 GMT
Update - FBaPS 'home' shares remain offline as we continue to verify data integrity.

During this period, users may encounter extended login times on FBaPS Linux computers and will not have access to their mounted file shares.
Jan 27, 2026 - 11:44 GMT
Update - FBaPS 'home' shares are currently offline.

An estimate for service restoration will be provided when available.
Jan 26, 2026 - 23:00 GMT
Investigating - Degraded performance is expected on FBaPS file storage systems.

During this time file transfers may be slower or services may become temporarily unavailable.
Jan 26, 2026 - 11:10 GMT
Network Partial Outage
Wi-Fi Network (eduroam, PAU-IoT, PAU-X) Partial Outage
Wi-Fi Network (PAU-Guest) Partial Outage
Wired Network Partial Outage
GlobalProtect VPN Operational
Internet Connection Operational
Telephones Operational
Student Systems Operational
Blackboard Operational
Panopto Operational
StarRez Operational
Student Record Operational
Turnitin Operational
Business Systems Operational
ABW Operational
AStRA Operational
aber.ac.uk website Operational
CALM Ticketing System Operational
CMS Operational
jobs.aber.ac.uk Operational
MyAdmin / Apex Applications Operational
Microsoft 365 Operational
Desktop Services Degraded Performance
Windows Degraded Performance
macOS Operational
Linux Degraded Performance
Printing Operational
Guacamole (rd.aber.ac.uk) Operational
Storage Operational
Disk Shares Operational
M Drives Operational
Core Systems Operational
DNS Operational
RADIUS Operational
Virtual Server Infrastructure Operational
Departmental Systems Major Outage
High Performance Computing Cluster (HPC) Operational
FBaPS File Storage Partial Outage
FBaPS SHELLSRV Major Outage
Library Systems Operational
Alma Operational
Aspire Reading Lists Operational
Primo Library Catalogue Operational
Shibboleth Operational
Other Services Operational
central.aber.ac.uk Operational
GitLab (gitlab.aber.ac.uk) Operational
users.aber.ac.uk Operational
Pure Operational
SALTO Operational
Operational
Degraded Performance
Partial Outage
Major Outage
Maintenance

Scheduled Maintenance

Turnitin Scheduled Maintenance 07.02.2026 Feb 7, 2026 16:00-22:00 GMT

Turnitin will be unavailable between 16:00 and 22:00 on Saturday 7 February 2026 for scheduled maintenance.

During this time, you will be unable to submit or grade any assessments.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Posted on Jan 08, 2026 - 08:16 GMT

Disruption to network connection in Cwrt Mawr ( All Blocks ) Feb 10, 2026 14:00-15:00 GMT

Update - We will be undergoing scheduled maintenance during this time.
Feb 04, 2026 - 11:44 GMT
Scheduled - The power to all Cwrt Mawr blocks will be off for approximately 15 minutes between 2pm and 3pm. It's advisable to save any open work on your laptops / PC and unplug them to avoid damage in case of a surge when the power returns.
Feb 04, 2026 - 11:44 GMT
Feb 4, 2026
Disruption to network connection in Cwrt Mawr Blocks D, F, E, N, M.
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Feb 4, 09:34 GMT
Monitoring - Information Technology Services will continue to monitor the situation as power is restored.
Feb 3, 14:48 GMT
Identified - Planned power testing.
Feb 3, 14:48 GMT
Investigating - We are investigating an issue affecting the network in Cwrt Mawr Blocks D, F, E, N, M. Suspect power related.

Updates and an expected resolution time will be posted as soon as they are available.
Feb 3, 14:11 GMT
Feb 3, 2026
Feb 2, 2026
Panopto authentication
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Feb 2, 14:50 GMT
Investigating - We're investigating 500 errors when attempting to access/authenticate into Panopto sites, and instances of being unauthenticated unexpectedly.

If you are unable to authenticate, please record offline - the recordings can be retrieved at a later date.
Feb 2, 12:35 GMT
Feb 1, 2026

No incidents reported.

Jan 31, 2026
Emergency Maintenance to Telephony System
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Jan 31, 10:00 GMT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Jan 31, 06:00 GMT
Scheduled - The telephony service will be undergoing emergency maintenance this weekend, beginning at 06:00 on Saturday 31st January.

As part of this maintenance, telephones across the University, including emergency phones and Jabber, will temporarily be unavailable for a period of approximately 30 minutes at around 07:00. The maintenance is expected to conclude by 09:00.
Jan 30, 11:42 GMT
Jan 30, 2026

No incidents reported.

Jan 29, 2026

No incidents reported.

Jan 28, 2026

Unresolved incident: Disruption to FBaPS file storage systems.

Jan 27, 2026
Discrepancy between Turnitin and Blackboard Gradebook
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Jan 27, 11:13 GMT
Identified - We have been alerted to a discrepancy between Turnitin and Blackboard Gradebook.

Blackboard Gradebook is displaying overdue messages to students despite them having submitted to Turnitin ahead of their deadlines.

The official confirmation for submitting to Turnitin remains revisiting the Turnitin submission point and downloading the receipt.

Further instructions are here: https://faqs.aber.ac.uk/index.php?id=9179

We are working with Blackboard and Turnitin to resolve this issue.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused and let us know if you have any questions regarding this.
Dec 9, 14:50 GMT
Jan 26, 2026
Jan 25, 2026

No incidents reported.

Jan 24, 2026

No incidents reported.

Jan 23, 2026

No incidents reported.

Jan 22, 2026
GlobalProtect Maintenance - 22nd January
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Jan 22, 08:28 GMT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Jan 22, 07:00 GMT
Scheduled - The GlobalProtect VPN service will be unavailable on the morning of Thursday 22nd January beginning at 7:00am.

If you’re working remotely, you may notice a brief interruption to your VPN connection during this time. Those working on campus will not be affected.
Jan 20, 16:54 GMT
Jan 21, 2026

No incidents reported.

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