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KnowBe4 Outage History

Every past KnowBe4 outage tracked by IsDown, with detection times, duration, and resolution details.

There were 238 KnowBe4 outages since February 2019. The 62 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Minor May 21, 2026

May 2026: New Modstore 500 Errors

Detected May 21, 2026 9:40 AM EDT · Resolved May 21, 2026 1:22 PM EDT · Duration about 4 hours

KnowBe4's new Modstore experience was inaccessible for 3.7 hours due to 500 errors that prevented customers from accessing the training component. The service team implemented a fix and monitored the results before confirming full resolution of the incident.

Minor May 19, 2026

May 2026: Microsoft Ribbon PAB Operation Timeout

Detected May 19, 2026 10:16 AM EDT · Resolved May 19, 2026 2:08 PM EDT · Duration about 4 hours

KnowBe4 experienced errors with the Microsoft Ribbon Phish Alert Button (PAB) functionality in Classic Outlook, preventing users from reporting phishing emails through the ribbon interface. The service team implemented a fix after investigating the timeout issues. The incident was resolved after 3.9 hours of monitoring to ensure the fix was effective.

Minor May 18, 2026

May 2026: KSAT Latency Issues

Detected May 18, 2026 1:28 PM EDT · Resolved May 18, 2026 5:42 PM EDT · Duration about 4 hours

KnowBe4's KSAT console experienced latency issues that affected user access and performance for 4.2 hours. The technical team identified the root cause, implemented a fix, and continued monitoring the system. The issue was fully resolved with normal console performance restored.

Major May 13, 2026

May 2026: KnowBe4 Academy - Access Issues

Detected May 13, 2026 2:09 PM EDT · Resolved May 14, 2026 9:10 AM EDT · Duration about 19 hours

KnowBe4 Academy experienced access issues that prevented users from reaching the platform for 19 hours. The service was restored and monitored to ensure stability. The incident was fully resolved after confirming no further access problems occurred.

Minor May 12, 2026

May 2026: Unable to upload items on Workspace - US

Detected May 12, 2026 6:52 AM EDT · Resolved May 12, 2026 11:16 AM EDT · Duration about 4 hours

KnowBe4 experienced a 4.4-hour incident where users could not upload items to US Workspaces, though downloading remained functional. The issue also prevented Webforms that utilize Workspace from saving items. A fix was implemented and monitored before the incident was fully resolved.

Major May 7, 2026

May 2026: PhishER - Unable to Login (US)

Detected May 7, 2026 10:05 PM EDT · Resolved May 7, 2026 11:56 PM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

KnowBe4's PhishER service experienced a login issue affecting users in the US instance for 1.9 hours. The Console component was impacted, preventing users from accessing the PhishER platform. The incident was resolved after investigation and remediation efforts.

Major April 30, 2026

April 2026: PhishER - Unable to Login (UK)

Detected Apr 30, 2026 9:47 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 30, 2026 12:49 PM EDT · Duration about 3 hours

KnowBe4's PhishER service experienced login issues affecting UK customers for 8 minutes on April 30th. The Console component was impacted, preventing users from accessing the PhishER platform. The incident was classified as major and resolved after investigation.

Minor April 27, 2026

April 2026: ADI Sync and Training Policy Upload Errors (US Only)

Detected Apr 27, 2026 9:40 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 27, 2026 1:20 PM EDT · Duration about 4 hours

KnowBe4 experienced a 3.7-hour service disruption affecting US customers' ability to push ADI files to KSAT and upload training policies. The incident impacted the Training and User Provisioning components, preventing customers from managing user data synchronization and training policy configurations. The engineering team implemented a fix that fully resolved both the ADI file sync and training policy upload issues.

Minor April 24, 2026

April 2026: PhishER Login Issues (CA Only)

Detected Apr 24, 2026 4:35 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 27, 2026 7:09 AM EDT · Duration 3 days

KnowBe4's PhishER platform experienced login issues that prevented users from accessing the Console component. The incident lasted approximately 62.6 hours before being resolved on April 27th, 2026.

Minor April 21, 2026

April 2026: Intermittent latency for Protect users - US Only

Detected Apr 21, 2026 4:10 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 27, 2026 7:14 AM EDT · Duration 6 days

KnowBe4's Protect service experienced intermittent latency issues affecting US users when viewing or sending emails via Web Access. The incident lasted approximately 135 hours (about 5.6 days) before being resolved. The issue was identified and fixed, with monitoring confirming the resolution.