Outage in Georgia Tech IT
Remediation work for Linux vulnerability
Major
April 30, 2026 - Started about 9 hours ago
Incident Report
Due to a security emergency, PACE is required to shut down ALL servers in Phoenix, Firebird, and ICE to apply mitigations.
Starting at 3:00pm ET, users will be unable to login and all running jobs will be interrupted. ALL CANCELLED JOBS WILL BE REFUNDED on Phoenix and Firebird.
We realize this will impact upcoming conference submissions and course deadlines, but we are required to carry out this work immediately to ensure the security of Georgia Tech systems.
We will work rapidly to update servers and incrementally release the clusters as soon as possible. We are aiming to restore access to all systems (Phoenix, ICE, Firebird) tomorrow, but updates will be shared as they are available.
We appreciate your patience as we prioritize the security of Georgia Tech computing.
The PACE Team
Starting at 3:00pm ET, users will be unable to login and all running jobs will be interrupted. ALL CANCELLED JOBS WILL BE REFUNDED on Phoenix and Firebird.
We realize this will impact upcoming conference submissions and course deadlines, but we are required to carry out this work immediately to ensure the security of Georgia Tech systems.
We will work rapidly to update servers and incrementally release the clusters as soon as possible. We are aiming to restore access to all systems (Phoenix, ICE, Firebird) tomorrow, but updates will be shared as they are available.
We appreciate your patience as we prioritize the security of Georgia Tech computing.
The PACE Team
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about 9 hours ago - at 04/30/2026 05:31PM
Due to a security emergency, PACE is required to shut down ALL servers in Phoenix, Firebird, and ICE to apply mitigations.
Starting at 3:00pm ET, users will be unable to login and all running jobs will be interrupted. ALL CANCELLED JOBS WILL BE REFUNDED on Phoenix and Firebird.
We realize this will impact upcoming conference submissions and course deadlines, but we are required to carry out this work immediately to ensure the security of Georgia Tech systems.
We will work rapidly to update servers and incrementally release the clusters as soon as possible. We are aiming to restore access to all systems (Phoenix, ICE, Firebird) tomorrow, but updates will be shared as they are available.
We appreciate your patience as we prioritize the security of Georgia Tech computing.
The PACE Team
about 9 hours ago - at 04/30/2026 05:32PM
Remediation in progress.
about 7 hours ago - at 04/30/2026 07:34PM
Head node and compute note rebuild in progress for all clusters.
about 6 hours ago - at 04/30/2026 08:42PM
We have completed mitigations on all Globus nodes, which are now open for access to data. Instructions for using Globus are available here.
JOBS WILL NOT RUN at this time, but you now have access to any data on PACE systems.
We are working to apply fixes across our nearly 2,000 compute nodes and will update as compute capability on each cluster is restored and verified.
Best,
The PACE Team
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