Cardiff University incident

Access to Student Records (SIMS)

Resolved after 3 hours 56 minutes, affecting Student Records (SIMS Online), on August 7, 2026.

resolved Aug 07, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC

The issue affecting access to SIMS has now been resolved. All services are operating normally, and impacted users should now be able to log in successfully. Thank you for your patience while we investigated and resolved this issue.

Started
Aug 07, 2026, 08:13 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 07, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC
Duration
3h 56m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 07, 2026, 08:13 AM UTC

Affected components

Student Records (SIMS Online)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 07, 2026, 08:13 AM UTC

    We are aware of an issue affecting access to SIMS for some users. Our technical teams are currently investigating and will provide further updates as soon as more information becomes available.

  2. identified Aug 07, 2026, 08:32 AM UTC

    The cause of the SIMS access issue has now been identified, and our engineers are actively restoring access for affected users. Users who are unable to log in are advised to retry periodically, as access is being restored on an ongoing basis.

  3. resolved Aug 07, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC

    The issue affecting access to SIMS has now been resolved. All services are operating normally, and impacted users should now be able to log in successfully. Thank you for your patience while we investigated and resolved this issue.

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