Is Optus Down? Optus Status & Outages
Optus status updated a few minutes ago
What is Optus status right now?
Optus is working normally
IsDown last checked Optus status on at . We've received 3 user reports in the past 24 hours.
Monitoring since Jan 2025
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60 incidents caught
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14 components tracked in real-time
Optus service health over the last 24 hours
This chart shows the number of user-reported issues for Optus service health 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.
Outage Map
See where users report Optus is down. The map shows recent Optus outages from around the world.
Top locations, last 24h:
- Australia
Recent Optus outage reports
See what users report when Optus is down and how Optus outages affect them.
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🇦🇺 Australia
No internet access, is there an outage? We haven’t received any notifications..
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🇦🇺 Australia
Optus is down on LeFevre Peninsula SA.
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🇦🇺 Australia
cannot watch shows on computer.
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🇦🇺 Australia
Doug - attempt to login reports error.
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🇦🇺 Australia
paul - Optus email not connecting.
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🇦🇺 Australia
Laura - Optus/ dodo not working for last 2 days.
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🇦🇺 Australia
Steve - My optus internet isn't working here in Mossma , it's been down since 7 pm tuesday.
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🇦🇺 Australia
James - Optus/Amaysim not working Sunshine Coast hinterland, partcularly Wootha Maleny district.
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🇦🇺 Australia
Task 'XXX@optusnet.com.au - Receiving' reported error (0x800CCC1A) : 'Your server does not support the connection encryption type you have specified. Try changing the encryption method. Contact your mail server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP) for additional assistance.'.
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🇦🇺 Australia
NBN down. HFC connection, whole building ing down so likely whatever we are connected to..
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🇦🇺 Australia
Edmund - Can’t make or receive calls.
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🇦🇺 Australia
Optus emails not working..
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🇦🇺 Australia
Kate - MMS failing to work in Adelaide today.
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Optus Downtime Health — Last 90 Days
In the last 90 days, Optus had 2 incidents with a median duration of 59 hours 25 minutes.
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Incidents
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Major Outages
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Minor Incidents
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hour
Median Resolution
Recent Optus outages detected by IsDown
Full incident reports for recent Optus outages, including timelines, affected components, and resolution details.
| Title | Started At | Duration |
|---|---|---|
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We are currently investigating an issue affecting some large Campaign Manager sends, where campai...
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Feb 26, 2026 at 01:07 AM UTC
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5 days |
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We are investigating a delivery issue via Telstra Australia.
Impact: Delayed MT's/Delayed MO's/M...
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Feb 09, 2026 at 02:56 AM UTC
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31 minutes |
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We are aware of an issue with our Campaign Manager application.
Customers may be receiving err...
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Oct 15, 2025 at 06:07 PM UTC
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1 day |
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Hello Team,
Our engineering and development teams have deployed a fix for the issue affecting me...
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Oct 15, 2025 at 04:12 AM UTC
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40 minutes |
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We are aware of an issue with our SMS Suite service. Customers using API products will also be a...
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Jul 05, 2025 at 10:03 AM UTC
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about 2 hours |
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We are aware of an issue with our SMS web site sms.optus.com.au Customers may be receiving an e...
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Apr 11, 2025 at 06:07 PM UTC
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about 2 hours |
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Hi Team,
We are currently investigating an issue with low delivery receipt (DLR) return rates. M...
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Apr 10, 2025 at 04:16 AM UTC
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about 2 hours |
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Good day, Team.
We are currently investigating an outage of the Optus SMS web service.
If you a...
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Apr 02, 2025 at 01:37 AM UTC
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about 2 hours |
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We are aware of an issue with our sms.optus.com.au website. Customers may be seeing 504 Gateway ...
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Feb 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM UTC
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about 3 hours |
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We are aware of an issue with our Campaign Manager application where users adding new lists via c...
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Feb 08, 2025 at 05:05 PM UTC
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1 day |
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Optus Components Status
Check if any Optus component is down. View the current status of 4 services and regions.
| Component | Status |
|---|---|
| Applications | OK |
| Mobile Operators | OK |
| Optus SMS Suite Service Desk | OK |
| Single Sign On (SSO) | OK |
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About Optus Status and Outage Monitoring
IsDown has monitored Optus continuously since January 2025, tracking this SMS & Notifications for 1 year. Over that time, we've documented 60 outages and incidents, averaging 4.6 per month.
We monitor Optus's official status page across 14 components organized into 4 groups. IsDown interprets Optus statuses (operational, degraded performance, partial outage, and major outage) to deliver precise health metrics and filter alerts by the components you actually use.
To check if Optus is down, IsDown combines official status data with user reports for early detection. Vendors often delay acknowledging problems, so user reports help us alert you before the official announcement.
Engineering and operations teams rely on IsDown to track Optus status and receive verified outage alerts through Slack, Teams, PagerDuty, or 20+ other integrations.
How IsDown Monitors Optus
IsDown checks Optus's status page every few minutes, across all 14 components. We combine official status data with user reports to detect when Optus is down, often before the vendor announces it.
When Optus status changes, IsDown sends alerts to your preferred channels. Filter by severity to skip noise and focus on outages that affect your business.
What you get when monitoring Optus with IsDown
Track Optus incidents and downtimes by severity
IsDown checks Optus official status page for major/minor outages or downtimes. A major outage is when Optus experiences a critical issue that severely affects one or more services/regions. A minor incident is when Optus experiences a small issue affecting a small percentage of its customer's applications. An example is the performance degradation of an application. The moment we detect a Optus outage, we send you an alert and update your dashboard and status page.
Get alerted as soon as users report problems with Optus
Optus and other vendors don't always report outages on time. IsDown collects user reports to provide early detection of outages. This way, even without an official status update, you can stay ahead of possible problems.
All the details of Optus outages and downtimes
IsDown collects all information from the outages published in Optus status page to provide the context of the outage. 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.
Prepare for upcoming Optus maintenance events
Optus 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.
Only get alerted on the Optus outages that impact your business
IsDown monitors Optus and all their 14 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.
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IsDown checks the status of over 6,020+ services every few minutes. We aggregate official status information and normalize it, plus collect crowdsourced reports for early outage detection.
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When we detect an incident or status change, you receive an alert immediately. Customize notifications by service, component, or severity to avoid alert fatigue.
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Optus Downdetector vs IsDown
Looking for Optus outage alerts like Downdetector? IsDown monitors Optus's official status page for verified incident data, not just user reports. Know exactly when Optus is down, which components are affected, and when service health is restored. Here's why official Optus status monitoring beats crowdsourced detection:
| Features | IsDown | Downdetector |
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| Official Optus status page monitoring. Know when Optus is down with real time incident details. | ||
| Monitor 6,020+ services including Optus in a single dashboard. | ||
| Instant Optus outage alerts sent to Slack, Teams, PagerDuty, and more. | ||
| Combined monitoring: Optus official status plus user reports for early outage detection. | ||
| Maintenance feed for Optus | ||
| Granular alerts filtering by Optus components and regions. |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Optus down today?
Optus isn't down. You can check Optus status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors Optus official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported.
What is the current Optus status?
Optus is currently operational. You can check Optus 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 Optus 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 Optus down today or just slow?
Currently there's no report of Optus being slow. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.
How are Optus outages detected?
IsDown monitors the Optus 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.
Is Optus having an outage right now?
Optus last outage was on February 26, 2026 with the title "Campaign Manager – Large Campaign Processing Delays"
How often does Optus go down?
IsDown has tracked 60 Optus incidents since January 2025.
Is Optus down for everyone or just me?
Check the Optus status at the top of this page. IsDown combines official status page data with user reports to show whether Optus is down for everyone or if the issue is on your end.
What Optus components does IsDown monitor?
IsDown monitors 14 Optus components in real-time, tracking the official status page for outages, degraded performance, and scheduled maintenance.
How to check if Optus is down?
- Subscribe (if possible) to updates on the official status page.
- Create an account in IsDown. Start monitoring Optus and get alerts in real-time when Optus has outages.
Why use IsDown to monitor Optus 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 Optus 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 when monitoring Optus?
IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if Optus 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 instead of just relying on reports from users. The integration allows us to provide more details about Optus's Outages, 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.
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