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Checkr Outage History

Every past Checkr outage tracked by IsDown, with detection times, duration, and resolution details.

There were 227 Checkr outages since February 2022. The 61 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Minor June 5, 2026

June 2026: Increased Turnaround Times for Background Check Screenings

Detected Jun 5, 2026 6:27 PM EDT · Resolved Jun 5, 2026 7:35 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Checkr experienced increased turnaround times for background check screenings, affecting the Candidate Portal for 1.1 hours. The issue was identified and a fix was implemented, leading to full resolution of the service disruption.

Minor June 4, 2026

June 2026: Invitation Expiration Delays – Invitations Displaying as Pending

Detected Jun 4, 2026 2:01 PM EDT · Resolved Jun 5, 2026 2:50 PM EDT · Duration 1 day

Checkr experienced an issue where invitations were displaying as pending instead of properly expiring, affecting the Apply page functionality. The incident lasted approximately 24.8 hours before being resolved. A fix was identified and implemented, with monitoring confirming the resolution.

Minor June 4, 2026

June 2026: Temporary Delay for Some County Criminal Search Results (Single Vendor)

Detected Jun 4, 2026 1:08 AM EDT · Resolved Jun 4, 2026 10:11 AM EDT · Duration about 9 hours

Checkr experienced a temporary delay in county criminal search results from a single data source vendor for 9.1 hours. The issue affected the Data Source component, causing delays in background check processing. The incident was resolved after implementing a fix and monitoring the results.

Major June 3, 2026

June 2026: Staging Environment Degraded – Login and Dashboard Access Unavailable

Detected Jun 3, 2026 10:19 AM EDT · Resolved Jun 3, 2026 2:32 PM EDT · Duration about 4 hours

Checkr's staging environment experienced a major outage affecting login and dashboard access, with the API component being impacted. The incident lasted 4.2 hours before being resolved. The issue was identified and a fix was successfully implemented to restore service.

Minor June 3, 2026

June 2026: Degraded API Authentication – EU Region

Detected Jun 3, 2026 7:13 AM EDT · Resolved Jun 3, 2026 7:52 AM EDT · Duration 39 minutes

Checkr experienced degraded API authentication functionality in the EU region for 39 minutes. The issue affected API services, preventing or limiting authentication capabilities for users in that region. The incident was resolved after implementing a fix and monitoring the results.

Major May 28, 2026

May 2026: Degraded API performance across Reports and Candidates endpoints

Detected May 28, 2026 12:30 PM EDT · Resolved May 28, 2026 1:43 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Checkr experienced degraded API performance affecting the Reports and Candidates endpoints for 1.2 hours. The issue impacted API functionality across these core services. A fix was implemented and the incident was resolved after monitoring confirmed the solution was effective.

Major May 27, 2026

May 2026: Degraded API performance across Reports and Candidates endpoints

Detected May 27, 2026 3:51 PM EDT · Resolved May 27, 2026 7:21 PM EDT · Duration about 4 hours

Checkr experienced degraded API performance affecting the Reports and Candidates endpoints for 3.5 hours. The issue impacted API functionality across these core services. A fix was implemented and monitoring confirmed the incident was fully resolved.

Major May 27, 2026

May 2026: Canadian MVR status checks experiencing temporary issues resulting in increased turnaround time

Detected May 27, 2026 4:03 AM EDT · Resolved May 27, 2026 1:36 PM EDT · Duration about 10 hours

Checkr experienced a major incident affecting Canadian Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) status checks, causing increased turnaround times for processing these background checks. The issue impacted the Data Source component for 9.6 hours. The incident was resolved after implementing a fix and monitoring the results.

Minor May 23, 2026

May 2026: Canadian MVR status checks experiencing temporary issues resulting in increased turnaround time

Detected May 23, 2026 2:07 AM EDT · Resolved May 23, 2026 1:08 PM EDT · Duration about 11 hours

Checkr's Canadian Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) status checks experienced temporary issues that caused increased turnaround times for 11 hours. The problem affected the Data Source component, impacting the speed of background check processing for Canadian driving records. The issue was identified, fixed, and resolved after monitoring confirmed the solution was working properly.

Minor May 22, 2026

May 2026: Candidate Portal seeing issues with accessing reports

Detected May 22, 2026 7:17 PM EDT · Resolved May 22, 2026 8:26 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

Checkr's Candidate Portal experienced issues with accessing reports for 1.1 hours. The problem was identified and a fix was implemented to restore normal functionality. The incident was resolved after monitoring confirmed the fix was successful.