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StatusGator last checked the status of VitalSource on February 7, 2026 at 8:42 PM UTC and the service was operational. There have been 3 user-submitted reports of outages in the past 24 hours.

VitalSource service health

This chart represents VitalSource service health over the last 24 hours, with data points collected every 15 minutes based on issue reports, page visits, and signal strength. Sign up for free to see more VitalSource status data.

VitalSource service health

24 hrs ending Feb 7, 2026 8:43 PM

● Service up ● Possible outage ● Likely outage

Top reported issues

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• App not loading
• Other
• Connectivity issue
• Error message
• Server not responding
• Sign in problem
• Service down
• Slow performance
• Unable to download

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Recent outage reports

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2 outage reports in the last 24 hours

Karnataka, India

Other

Feb 7, 6:26 PM about 2 hours ago

Feb 7, 6:26 PM about 2 hours ago

Indiana, United States

App not loading

Feb 7, 4:31 AM about 16 hours ago

Feb 7, 4:31 AM about 16 hours ago

VitalSource outage map

VitalSource outage map

VitalSource outage map

Explore our interactive VitalSource outage map to monitor real-time incidents and service issues across the globe. This dynamic map highlights regions around the world affected by recent VitalSource outages, giving you a clear view of performance and downtime trends.

Top reported VitalSource outage locations, last 24 hours:

• India
• Indiana, US

VitalSource outage map

Recently detected VitalSource outages

Incident description	Duration	StatusGator detected	Officially acknowledged
Login and bookshelf access affected by internal server errors	58m	Nov 4, 2025 10:01 PM	2m later
Service unavailable or displaying error messages.	32m	Jul 18, 2025 3:16 PM	6m later
Textbooks not loading	17m	Jun 12, 2025 7:10 PM	1h 7m later
Issues accessing textbooks on Bookshelf; login problems reported.	8m	Nov 4, 2024 7:08 PM	9m later

Incident description Login and bookshelf access affected by internal server errors Duration 58m StatusGator detected Nov 4, 2025 10:01 PM Officially acknowledged 2m later Incident description Service unavailable or displaying error messages. Duration 32m StatusGator detected Jul 18, 2025 3:16 PM Officially acknowledged 6m later Incident description Textbooks not loading Duration 17m StatusGator detected Jun 12, 2025 7:10 PM Officially acknowledged 1h 7m later Incident description Issues accessing textbooks on Bookshelf; login problems reported. Duration 8m StatusGator detected Nov 4, 2024 7:08 PM Officially acknowledged 9m later

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VitalSource status history

Since February 21, 2021, StatusGator has been monitoring VitalSource outages, downtime, and service disruptions to provide comprehensive insights into its status history. Over the years, we've tracked and logged service outages and problems reported on the official VitalSource Status Page.

January 27, 2026 Warning for 24 Minutes 60 days ago Today Up Down Warn Maintenance Unknown

Recent VitalSource outages and issues

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Incident Name	Duration	Started	Severity
Service Disruption	20m	Jan 27, 2026 2:37 AM	warn icon Warn
Service Disruption	5m	Jan 27, 2026 2:27 AM	warn icon Warn
Service Disruption	50m	Nov 4, 2025 10:02 PM	warn icon Warn
Service Disruption Impacting Explore	35m	Sep 23, 2025 10:17 PM	down icon Down
Service Disruption Impacting Bookshelf Online	25m	Sep 4, 2025 11:47 AM	down icon Down

Sign up to see all incidents Incident name Service Disruption Duration 20m Start Jan 27, 2026 2:37 AM Severity warn icon Warn Incident name Service Disruption Duration 5m Start Jan 27, 2026 2:27 AM Severity warn icon Warn Incident name Service Disruption Duration 50m Start Nov 4, 2025 10:02 PM Severity warn icon Warn Incident name Service Disruption Impacting Explore Duration 35m Start Sep 23, 2025 10:17 PM Severity down icon Down Incident name Service Disruption Impacting Bookshelf Online Duration 25m Start Sep 4, 2025 11:47 AM Severity down icon Down Sign up to see all incidents

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VitalSource components

View details of the current VitalSource status below. If the status shows "Up" but you're still experiencing issues, you can report a problem such as connectivity issues, outages, or slow performance. These issues are commonly reported when VitalSource is down or facing partial disruptions.

Component name	Status	Details
VitalSource Acrobatiq status	up icon Up	See more
VitalSource Akademos TextbookX status	up icon Up	See more
VitalSource Analytics status	up icon Up	See more
VitalSource Bookshelf Online status	up icon Up	See more
VitalSource Explore status	up icon Up	See more
VitalSource Launch - LTI, LMS, SAML, Office365, OAuth2 and other integrations status	up icon Up	See more
VitalSource Manage Platform status	up icon Up	See more
VitalSource Store, Sampling and Ecommerce Platform status	up icon Up	See more
VitalSource V3/V4 APIs status	up icon Up	See more
VitalSource Verba Collect status	up icon Up	See more
VitalSource Verba Compare status	up icon Up	See more
VitalSource Verba Compete status	up icon Up	See more
VitalSource Verba Connect status	up icon Up	See more

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About our VitalSource status page integration

VitalSource (Digital textbooks and course materials for educational institutions) is a an Education solution that StatusGator has been monitoring since February 2021. Over the past almost 5 years, we have collected data on on more than 116 outages that affected VitalSource users. When VitalSource publishes downtime on their status page, they do so across 13 components using 4 different statuses: up, warn, down, and maintenance which we use to provide granular uptime metrics and notifications.

If you're wondering, "Is VitalSource down?", or need to know its current status, we've got you covered. Our platform tracks every reported outage, performance issue, and maintenance window to ensure you're informed. Whether VitalSource is experiencing a problem now or has recently resolved one, our detailed history keeps you updated.

Many StatusGator users monitor VitalSource to get notified when it's down, is under maintenance, or has an outage. We've sent more than 300 notifications to our users about VitalSource incidents, providing transparency and peace of mind. You can get alerts by signing up for a free StatusGator account.

• Early Warning Signals

  If we detect a potential VitalSource outage or other issue before it was reported on the official status page we will send an Early Warning Signal notification to StatusGator subscribers. We can often detect issues before they are officially acknowledged by the provider, giving you a head start on resolving any potential problems.

• Down Notifications

  If VitalSource is having system outages or experiencing other critical issues, red down notifications appear on the status page. In most cases, it means that core functions are not working properly, or there is some other serious customer-impacting event underway.

• Warning Notifications

  Warn notifications are used when VitalSource is undergoing a non-critical issue like minor service issues, performance degradation, non-core bugs, capacity issues, or problems affecting a small number of users.

• Maintenance Notifications

  VitalSource posts separate notifications for planned maintenance work. StatusGator will notify subscribers when VitalSource enters a pre-planned maintenance window, keeping you up to date.

• Status Messages

  When VitalSource posts issues on their status page, we collect the main headline message and include that brief information or overview in notifications to StatusGator subscribers.

• Status Details

  When VitalSource has outages or other service-impacting events on their status page, we pull down the detailed informational updates and include them in notifications. These messages often include the current details about how the problem is being mitigated, or when the next update will occur.

• Component Status Filtering

  Because VitalSource has several components, each with their individual statuses, StatusGator can differentiate the status of each component in our notifications to you whenever a particular component is down. This means, you can filter your status page notifications based on the services, regions, or components you utilize. This is an essential feature for complex services with many components or services spread out across many regions.

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