Service Issue Reported – #5129147 OpenAthens Authenticated EBSCO Discovery Service/EBSCOhost Access Issues
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EBSCO experienced a major incident: Service Issue Reported – #5129147 OpenAthens Authenticated EBSCO Discovery Service/EBSCOhost Access Issues. ServiceAlert observed recovery on Oct 20, 2026.
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Incident Lifecycle
Affected Components
EBSCOhost Research Databases
EBSCO Discovery Service
Incident Timeline
Investigating
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.
Please refer to the OpenAthens status page for more details:
https://status.openathens.net/
Please refer to the OpenAthens status page for more details:
https://status.openathens.net/
Oct 20, 2026 at 12:14 PM UTC
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