What is Handshake current status?

Handshake is currently operational. You can check Handshake status and current incidents and outages on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the issues affecting customers.

How to monitor or check Handshake status?

You can use IsDown service or go to Handshake official status page. Some accounts also use Twitter to communicate the status.

How can I be notified when Handshake is having issues?

You can create an account in IsDown and monitor multiple services or subscribe for updates on the official status page. IsDown will send you a notification in real-time when Handshake has issues. Handshake official status page might also offer notification options such as email, SMS, or Slack.

Handshake Status - Is Handshake Down? Check current status

Q: Is Handshake down today?

Handshake was not down today according to the official status page. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported. IsDown continuously monitors the Handshake status page, looking for the latest outages and issues affecting customers. Check all recent outages in the section 'Latest Handshake outages, issues and problems' at the top of the page.

Current Handshake official ongoing incidents

No incidents reported in Handshake's status page

IsDown pulls data from Handshake's status page every few minutes and collects user-reported issues. Refresh the page to see if there are any updates.

Handshake issues reported by users in the last 24 hours

This chart displays the number of user-reported issues over the past 24 hours, grouped into 20-minute intervals. It's normal to see occasional reports, which may be due to individual user issues rather than a broader problem. We only consider an issue widespread if there are multiple reports within a short timeframe.

Latest user comments about Handshake problems

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Evelyn

about 1 month ago

Blank paging when trying to check jobs
A

Alex

3 months ago

can't upload resume document
Y

Yohance

3 months ago

Cant upload documents, infinite load
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Jessica

3 months ago

The website won't load, gets stuck at https://app.joinhandshake.com/stu/student_onboardings/new
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Winnie

3 months ago

When I open the website, the page is white and then closes
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Nicole

3 months ago

I just have a blank white screen after it finishes loading
A

Ada

3 months ago

Login won't open, screen is bkank
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E

3 months ago

Cannot log in, shows white screen
A

Achi

3 months ago

my browser won't load handshake
A

Alanna

3 months ago

my login screen/tabs I already had open went blank. After refreshing a bunch of times didn't help, I exited the tabs and tried to log in again. But I found the same issue.
B

Brandon

4 months ago

Blank page after I attempt to log in.
M

M

4 months ago

The page is entirely white and has been for the past few days.
L

Lilly

4 months ago

When I attempt to open Handshake, the webpage turns white
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Anthony

4 months ago

whenever I press login, the website turns completely white
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wes

4 months ago

white screen when i try to login
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Bella

5 months ago

I cannot access Handshake, it is just a blank screen whenever I try to access it.
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Gregory

5 months ago

The page is not loading. It is just blank.
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Emily

5 months ago

Nothing is loading after the login screen
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William

6 months ago

Anything past the login page does not load
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nat

6 months ago

it won't load. it just shows a blank page
J

J

6 months ago

handshake page is blank when I try to login
S

Sarah

6 months ago

After I click log in, the page is blank, as if the whole website is down
A

Aiden

6 months ago

Handshake student login not working
A

Andy

7 months ago

Handshake wont open on any page or link
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Paul

7 months ago

error 500 not loading at all
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Guest

7 months ago

Application error can't open the platform
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irene

7 months ago

the site is not loading and unable to access after login.
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Levi

8 months ago

The app has some issues with loading
S

Sophie

8 months ago

Handshake will not load on multiple devices.
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Tamzid

8 months ago

Not loading my personal data ie jobs messages etc
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L

9 months ago

I have an issue with uploading documents on Handshake. In the past hour, I have been unable to upload any new documents, as it just continues to say they are processing. I am unable to apply to any jobs. My wifi also appears to be running well, so I don't think that's the issue.
J

Joe

9 months ago

Jobs pop up for a second and then disappear after clicking jobs link
J

Jordynn

9 months ago

The job posting page is not loading. Says the server may be down or the URL has been changed.
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Sam

10 months ago

Trying to load application for US Circuit court, but got a blank page instead can you please investigate this?

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Handshake outage history

IsDown has tracked 70 incidents since started monitoring Handshake status in October 2022.

Jan 10 2025

Issue loading employer brand pages

4 months ago · lasted about 1 hour

We are currently investigating this issue. More details
Dec 09 2024

Login issues with our iOS application

5 months ago · lasted about 1 hour

A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results. More details
Nov 04 2024

FDS Unavailable to Students

6 months ago · lasted about 1 hour

We are experiencing a service outage affecting students’ ability to access first destination services. Our team is currently working to restore service. We apologize for any inconvenience. More details
Oct 2022 ...

IsDown started monitoring Handshake status

We've tracked and collected 70 incidents since started monitoring Handshake status

Having problems with Handshake? What can you do?

First, stay calm.
- We know it's stressful when Handshake is down, but running around is not going to fix it.
- Remember that it's normal for services to go down sometimes. It can be for a number of reasons, from maintenance to unexpected issues.
Make a quick evaluation of the impact
- Try to evaluate the impact of the outage on your business. Is it impacting a majority of your users or just a few?
- Did Handshake already acknowledge the issue? And published a status update? (You can find it in the top of the page or in Handshake status page)
- If not, understand if other users are also experiencing issues. You can also check this information on the top of the page.
Communicate with your team and users quickly
- If Handshake is having problems and impacting your business, it's important to keep your team and users informed.
- Share this page with your team, so you can start incident response procedures. No need for everyone to go around searching for information. Create a post or a specific channel in your internal communication tools (Slack, Teams, Google Chat, etc.) so you can aggregate all the information in one place.
- If you have a status page, create a status update to inform your users about the issue. This way they know what's going on and you can avoid a flow of support requests overburding your team.
Understand the root cause
- After the first communication, let's move on to the next step. Do a more thorough investigation to understand the root cause of the issue and impact.
- Reach out to the service provider to understand if they are aware of the issue and if they are already working on it. You can reach them in their support channels, or their social media channels if they have any.
Is there any mitigation for the issue?
- Understand if there are workarounds or mitigations for the issue. Can you use a different provider? Is the switch easy to do? Talk with your team to understand the best course of action.
- Need to wait on the service provider to fix the issue? Understand if there is a timeline for the fix. Adapt your communication with your team and users to the situation. It's very important to keep everyone informed.
Service has recovered?
- Continue to monitor the situation. A lot of times, the service can see a brief recovery and declare the issue as resolved, but it can come back. Keep monitor for some time to make sure it's really resolved.
Post-incident analysis
- Once the issue is resolved, it's important to do a post-incident analysis. Understand what went wrong and if it's possible or needed to do something to prevent it from happening again.
- Sometimes if it's a critical dependency, you might need to have a backup plan in place to avoid a similar issue.
Prepare for the next incident, because it will happen again
- Start monitoring your dependencies. Sign up to IsDown and aggregate all your dependencies status in one place.
- Nowadays, it's very common to have a lot of dependencies, and keeping an eye on them is not an easy task. IsDown can help you with that, by aggregating and monitoring all dependencies status and alerting you if they are having issues. Create status pages to communicate with your team and users.

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Monitoring Handshake since October 2022

Monitoring 12 Handshake services and regions

1 incident in 2025

Handshake outages in the last 30 days

Number of Incidents

0 issues

Last incident

107 days ago

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Handshake down today?

Handshake isn't down. You can check Handshake status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors Handshake official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported.

What is the current Handshake status?

Handshake is currently operational. You can check Handshake status and incident details on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the latest outages and issues affecting customers.

Is there a Handshake outage now?

No, there is no ongoing official outage. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

Is Handshake slow today?

Currently there's no report of Handshake being slow. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

How are Handshake outages detected?

IsDown monitors the Handshake official status page every few minutes. We also get reports from users like you. If there are enough reports about an outage, we'll show it on the top of the page.

When was the last Handshake outage?

Handshake last outage was on January 10, 2025 with the title "Issue loading employer brand pages"

Handshake not working for you? How do I know if Handshake is down?

Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.
Reach out to their Twitter account.
Find their support at their official website.
Find their support contact at their official status page.

How can I check Handshake status and outages?

Subscribe (if possible) to updates on the official status page.
Create an account in IsDown. Start monitoring Handshake and get alerts in real-time when Handshake has outages.

Why use IsDown to monitor Handshake instead of the official status page?

Because IsDown is a status page aggregator, which means that we aggregate the status of multiple cloud services. You can monitor Handshake and all the services that impact your business. Get a dashboard with the health of all services and status updates. Set up notifications via Slack, Datadog, PagerDuty, and more, when a service you monitor has issues or when maintenances are scheduled.

How IsDown compares to DownDetector?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if a service is having problems. The big difference is that IsDown is a status page aggregator. IsDown monitors a service's official status page to give our customers a more reliable source of information. The integration allows us to provide more details about the outage, like incident title, description, updates, and the parts of the affected service. Additionally, users can create internal status pages and set up notifications for all their third-party services.

Want to be informed about Handshake status changes?

IsDown offers an easy way to monitor Handshake with maximum flexibility

Major Outages Notifications

IsDown monitors Handshake for major outages. A major outage is when Handshake experiences a critical issue that severely affects one or more services/regions. When Handshake marks an incident as a major outage, IsDown updates its internal status, the customer status page and dashboard. Depending on the customer settings, IsDown will also send notifications.

Minor Outages Notifications

IsDown monitors Handshake status page for minor outages. A minor outage is when Handshake experiences a small issue affecting a small percentage of its customer's applications. An example is the performance degradation of an application. When a minor outage occurs, IsDown updates its internal status and shares that information on the customer status page. Depending on the customer settings, IsDown will also send notifications.

Outage Details

IsDown collects all information from the outages published in Handshake status page to provide the most accurate information. If available, we gather the title, description, time of the outage, status, and outage updates. Another important piece of information is the affected services/regions which we use to filter the notifications that impact your business.

Maintenance Feed

Handshake publishes scheduled maintenance events on their status page. IsDown collects all the information for each event and creates a feed that people can follow to ensure they are not surprised by unexpected downtime or problems. We also send the feed in our weekly report, alerting the next maintenances that will take place.

Component Filtering

IsDown monitors Handshake and all their 12 components that can be affected by an outage. IsDown allows you to filter the notifications and status page alerts based on the components you care about. For example, you can choose which components or regions affect your business and filter out all other outages. This way you avoid alert fatigue in your team.

Early Outage Indicators

Handshake and other vendors don’t always report outages on time. Our crowdsourced status platform helps you stay ahead of outages. Users report issues and outages, sharing details on what problems they are facing. We use that info to provide early signs of outages. This way, even without an official update, you can stay ahead of possible problems.

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