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Scheduled Maintenance

GOV.UK Notify Scheduled Maintenance on 5 November Nov 5, 2026 21:00-23:00 GMT

GOV.UK Notify will be undergoing scheduled maintenance on 5 November between 21:00 and 23:00.

At some point during this maintenance, Notify will be unavailable intermittently.

During this downtime:

- The Notify web interface - https://www.notifications.service.gov.uk - will be unavailable
- API requests will receive an error
- Text message replies and delivery receipts will be delayed

This is because we will be upgrading our database to patch a security vulnerability.

Posted on Nov 04, 2026 - 17:00 GMT

Nov 5, 2026

No incidents reported today.

Nov 4, 2026

No incidents reported.

Nov 3, 2026

No incidents reported.

Nov 2, 2026

No incidents reported.

Nov 1, 2026

No incidents reported.

Oct 31, 2026

No incidents reported.

Oct 30, 2026

No incidents reported.

Oct 29, 2026

No incidents reported.

Oct 28, 2026

No incidents reported.

Oct 27, 2026

No incidents reported.

Oct 26, 2026

No incidents reported.

Oct 25, 2026

No incidents reported.

Oct 24, 2026

No incidents reported.

Oct 23, 2026

No incidents reported.

Oct 22, 2026

Resolved - This issue affecting the delivery of text messages is now resolved. You do not need to retry any messages which were delayed.

Sorry for the inconvenience to you and your users.

Oct 22, 16:47 BST
Identified - The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
Oct 22, 14:45 BST
Monitoring - Setting status to monitoring since it is a third-party issue. We are monitoring the network status and will inform you when this is resolved.
Oct 22, 14:44 BST
Investigating - Text message delivery degradation on the O2 network has caused a text message delivery issue on Notify.

Some text messages may be delayed or fail to deliver.

We’ll keep you updated throughout the incident.

Thank you for your patience.

GOV.UK Notify

Oct 22, 14:39 BST