EBSCO incident
Service Issue Reported – #5129147 OpenAthens Authenticated EBSCO Discovery Service/EBSCOhost Access Issues
Resolved after 49 minutes, affecting EBSCOhost Research Databases and EBSCO Discovery Service, on October 20, 2026.
The issues customers reported with accessing EBSCO Discovery Service and EBSCOhost via OpenAthens authentication are now resolved. If you continue to experience an issue please contact Customer Support. Please refer to the OpenAthens status page for more information: https://status.openathens.net/
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Oct 20, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC
We have received reports of an issue when attempting to access EBSCO Discovery Service and EBSCOhost via OpenAthens. OpenAthens is aware of this issue and is working to restore service. We will update this page when more information is available.
- resolved Oct 20, 2026, 01:03 PM UTC
The issues customers reported with accessing EBSCO Discovery Service and EBSCOhost via OpenAthens authentication are now resolved. If you continue to experience an issue please contact Customer Support. Please refer to the OpenAthens status page for more information: https://status.openathens.net/
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