Hope College CIT - Notice history

Cloudflare → Cloudflare Sites and Services → Infrastructure experiencing partial outage

Notice history

Apr 2026

SMBSCI / Torque3 Server Hardware Upgrade
  • Completed
    April 02, 2026 at 2:42 PM
    Completed
    April 02, 2026 at 2:42 PM

    The SMBSCI server (aka Torque3) has been moved to new hardware and is now available for use. Please contact the CIT Help Desk with any issues or questions.

  • In progress
    April 02, 2026 at 2:00 PM
    In progress
    April 02, 2026 at 2:00 PM
    Maintenance is now in progress
  • Planned
    April 02, 2026 at 2:00 PM
    Planned
    April 02, 2026 at 2:00 PM

    On Thursday 4/2 between 10:00am - 11:00am, the SMBSCI server (aka Torque3) will be unavailable while it is moved to new hardware. This server is used primarily by faculty and students in Computer Science, Engineering and Physics.

My College Account, Banner, and Moodle Maintenance
  • Completed
    April 01, 2026 at 1:24 AM
    Completed
    April 01, 2026 at 1:24 AM

    Maintenance has completed successfully. All affected applications and services are once again available. Thank you!

  • In progress
    April 01, 2026 at 12:00 AM
    In progress
    April 01, 2026 at 12:00 AM
    Maintenance is now in progress
  • Planned
    April 01, 2026 at 12:00 AM
    Planned
    April 01, 2026 at 12:00 AM

    On Tuesday, March 31, beginning at 8 pm, the servers that host Banner and "My College Account" services will receive an update. As a result, several systems will be unavailable for up to 2 hours. We hope to not take the entire time.

    Please note: Moodle will be set to maintenance mode during this period and will be unavailable for use. 1Hope is not affected by this work.

Mar 2026

CIT Ticketing System Maintenance
  • Completed
    March 29, 2026 at 6:30 AM
    Completed
    March 29, 2026 at 6:30 AM
    Maintenance has completed successfully
  • In progress
    March 29, 2026 at 2:30 AM
    In progress
    March 29, 2026 at 2:30 AM
    Maintenance is now in progress
  • Planned
    March 29, 2026 at 2:30 AM
    Planned
    March 29, 2026 at 2:30 AM

    The software that powers helpdesk.hope.edu will be temporarily unavailable while maintenance is performed. The ticket submission form, checking status of existing tickets, and browsing the knowledgebase may be unavailable during this time. Emails received during this window will be put on hold and processed after the downtime has been completed.

Issue Accessing Torque Drive Files
  • Resolved
    Resolved

    This incident has been resolved. If you continue to have issues please submit a ticket at helpdesk.hope.edu

  • Investigating
    Investigating

    We're looking into reports that the Torque Drive isn't working as expected. We'll update here when we know more.

CIT Ticketing System Outage
  • Resolved
    Resolved

    The upstream issues have been resolved, and helpdesk.hope.edu is working once again. Thank you for your patience and let us know (cit@hope.edu or x7670) if you continue to have issues.

  • Investigating
    Investigating

    The system powering helpdesk.hope.edu is currently experiencing issues. We'll update here when we know more.

    https://status.happyfox.com/

Evisions (Argos, Intellicheck) will be updated in Production 3/18/2026
  • Completed
    March 19, 2026 at 1:30 AM
    Completed
    March 19, 2026 at 1:30 AM
    Maintenance has completed successfully
  • In progress
    March 19, 2026 at 1:00 AM
    In progress
    March 19, 2026 at 1:00 AM
    Maintenance is now in progress
  • Planned
    March 19, 2026 at 1:00 AM
    Planned
    March 19, 2026 at 1:00 AM

    We are planning for a scheduled maintenance of Argos and Intellicheck in production during that time. Downtime should be less than 30 minutes.

Authentication into Banner and Blite
  • Resolved
    Resolved

    Authentication into Banner and Blite continued to work through out the day. We are resolving this incident. If you encounter any issues, please contact CIT at helpdesk.hope.edu.

  • Monitoring
    Monitoring

    We have identified the issue with authenticating into Banner and Blite and issued a fix. It seems the email server that provides MFA email authentication into Banner was affected by the other local campus server issues this morning. Using Banner and Blite is once again available and we will continue to monitor this issue.

  • Investigating
    Investigating

    CIT is investigating issues with logging into Banner and users not receiving the MFA email.

Feb 2026

Issue seeing Moodle courses
  • Resolved
    Resolved

    Moodle courses continued to remain available and operational over the weekend. If you encounter issues with your Moodle courses, reach out to CIT at helpdesk.hope.edu or x7670.

  • Monitoring
    Monitoring

    We are still investigating the cause of Moodle un-enrolling courses, however we have implemented a fix which appears resolve this issue. If you are encountering this, please log out and back in again. We will continue to monitor this issue over the next few days.

  • Identified
    Identified

    A change that we made to our Moodle site in preparation to a banner upgrade inadvertently affected students abilities to see their courses. We are working on regaining that access.

NASDI Server Hardware Upgrade
  • Completed
    February 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM
    Completed
    February 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM
    Maintenance has completed successfully
  • In progress
    February 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM
    In progress
    February 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM
    Maintenance is now in progress
  • Planned
    February 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM
    Planned
    February 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM

    On Thursday, 2/26, between 7:00am - 8:00am, the NASDI server (used for storing instrument data in the Natural & Applied Sciences Division) will be unavailable while it is moved to new hardware.

My College Account - Faculty and Finance Self Service Maintenance
  • Completed
    February 25, 2026 at 1:30 AM
    Completed
    February 25, 2026 at 1:30 AM
    Maintenance has completed successfully
  • In progress
    February 25, 2026 at 1:00 AM
    In progress
    February 25, 2026 at 1:00 AM
    Maintenance is now in progress
  • Planned
    February 25, 2026 at 1:00 AM
    Planned
    February 25, 2026 at 1:00 AM

    Faculty and Finance Self-Service will have a 10 minute disruption between 8:00 and 8:30 pm on Tuesday, 2/24, while we restart the service to incorporate some configuration changes.

My College Account - Faculty Self-Service Maintenance
  • Completed
    February 21, 2026 at 3:30 AM
    Completed
    February 21, 2026 at 3:30 AM
    Maintenance has completed successfully
  • In progress
    February 21, 2026 at 3:00 AM
    In progress
    February 21, 2026 at 3:00 AM
    Maintenance is now in progress
  • Planned
    February 21, 2026 at 3:00 AM
    Planned
    February 21, 2026 at 3:00 AM

    Faculty Self-Service will have a 10 minute disruption between 10:00 and 10:30 pm on Friday, 2/20, while we restart the service to incorporate some configuration changes.

Bookstore Online Store Outage
  • Resolved
    Resolved

    The software provider for bookstore.hope.edu has resolved the issues and the site is now available.

  • Identified
    Identified

    Work continues with our software vendor that powers bookstore.hope.edu. We hope to have the store fully up and running before the end of this week.

  • Update
    Update

    We are continuing to work with the software provider that powers bookstore.hope.edu. We expect to have the issue fully resolved early next week. Thank you for your patience.

    The bookstore is open 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Saturday the 21st for in-person sales, and is available for questions via phone at 616.395.7833.

  • Investigating
    Investigating

    The software provider for bookstore.hope.edu is currently experiencing issues and the online store is unavailable. We will update here when we learn more.

Feb 2026 to Apr 2026

Next