Maze incident

Prolific panel recruitment is currently unavailable

Resolved after 57 minutes, affecting Panel Recruitment, on September 16, 2026.

resolved Sep 16, 2026, 11:03 AM UTC

Prolific has restored its service, and panel recruitment is now fully available again. We have progressively restored traffic to 100% and closely monitored the system throughout the process. No errors have been observed, and Prolific panel requests are now operating normally. Thank you for your patience and understanding while we worked to restore the service.

Started
Sep 16, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC
Resolved
Sep 16, 2026, 11:03 AM UTC
Duration
57m
Detected by Pingoru
Sep 16, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC

Affected components

Panel Recruitment

Update timeline

  1. identified Sep 16, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC

    Unmoderated study panel requests using Prolific are currently unavailable. Researchers are unable to create new Prolific panel orders, and recruitment for existing Prolific-backed studies may be paused while Prolific works to restore access to its site and API. We’re monitoring the situation closely and will provide further updates as more information becomes available.

  2. resolved Sep 16, 2026, 11:03 AM UTC

    Prolific has restored its service, and panel recruitment is now fully available again. We have progressively restored traffic to 100% and closely monitored the system throughout the process. No errors have been observed, and Prolific panel requests are now operating normally. Thank you for your patience and understanding while we worked to restore the service.

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