Global OpenAthens Outage

Incident Report for Sage Publishing

Resolved

OpenAthens have confirmed the issue is resolved, we have tested and confirmed that access has been restored. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Posted Oct 20, 2026 - 09:01 EDT

Update

We are continuing to investigate this issue.

Posted Oct 20, 2026 - 08:10 EDT

Update

We are continuing to investigate this issue.

Posted Oct 20, 2026 - 08:08 EDT

Investigating

We have been alerted to a global OpenAthens outage causing access issues for customers using that access method. Until OpenAthens resolve the problem, if possible, please log in using an alternative authentication method.

We recommend contacting your representative from OpenAthens, or following this page for updates: https://status.openathens.net/incidents/z5c8443mw6jj#

Posted Oct 20, 2026 - 02:07 EDT

This incident affected: Sage Journals, Sage Knowledge, Sage Research Methods, Sage Data, CQ Researcher, CQ Press Library Websites, Sage Campus, and Epigeum.