--- title: "Is OpenAthens Authentication API down? OpenAthens Authentication API status" url: "https://www.openstatus.dev/status/openathens/authentication-api" description: "Live OpenAthens Authentication API status, uptime over the last 45 days and recent incidents, tracked by openstatus." --- # Is OpenAthens Authentication API down? **Answer:** No, OpenAthens Authentication API is not down. All OpenAthens Authentication API systems are operational. - Status: operational - Checked: 2026-11-07T02:10:02Z - User reports in the last 15 minutes: 0 - Part of: [OpenAthens](/status/openathens.md) - Official status page: https://status.openathens.net - About: The OpenAthens Authentication API is used to programmatically authenticate users into OpenAthens. https://login.openathens.net/api/v1/\ ## Last 45 days 2 of 2 tracked days without issues. ## Incidents affecting Authentication API | Started | Incident | Impact | Duration | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-10-20 | [Service Outage - All Services P1](https://stspg.io/kh147fw838b1) | critical | 6h 13m | | 2025-02-03 | [Degradation Of Service - Authentication Services - P2](https://stspg.io/zd8dd8k9bvx9) | major | 1d 11h | | 2025-01-27 | [Service Outage - Authentication Services - P1](https://stspg.io/v9kjn9sj453m) | critical | 7h 22m | | 2024-05-23 | [OpenAthens Outage - P1](https://stspg.io/fhwtc04t4qhj) | critical | 4h 22m | ## Links - HTML page: /status/openathens/authentication-api - Service: /status/openathens.md