When was the last OverDrive outage?

The last OverDrive outage was on January 05, 2026: "Trouble opening books in Libby and Sora"

How do I check if OverDrive is down?

Use IsDown to monitor OverDrive status and get alerts when OverDrive is down. You can also check the official OverDrive status page.

How do I get alerts when OverDrive is down?

Create an IsDown account to monitor OverDrive status. Get instant alerts via Slack, PagerDuty, or email when OverDrive outages occur.

Is OverDrive Down? OverDrive Status & Outages

Q: What is OverDrive status right now?

OverDrive is operational. Check OverDrive service health and outages at the top of this page for real-time updates.

Q: Is OverDrive down today?

OverDrive is not down today according to the official status page. IsDown monitors OverDrive status continuously for outages and service health issues.

OverDrive status updated 44 seconds ago

What is OverDrive status right now?

OverDrive is working normally

IsDown last checked OverDrive status on April 16, 2026 at 11:55 AM EDT. We've received 0 user reports in the past 24 hours.

Monitoring since May 2021 · 130 incidents caught · 6 components tracked in real-time

OverDrive service health over the last 24 hours

This chart shows the number of user-reported issues for OverDrive 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 OverDrive is down. The map shows recent OverDrive outages from around the world.

OverDrive Outage Map

Recent OverDrive outage reports

See what users report when OverDrive is down and how OverDrive outages affect them.

Apr 12, 2026 (4 days ago) 🇨🇦 Canada

JB - Libby library app is not downloading books or opening magazine.
Apr 09, 2026 (7 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Carol - I cannot sign into my account even though I have the correct #andpin.

Signing in

Recent OverDrive outages detected

Full incident reports for recent OverDrive outages, including timelines, affected components, and resolution details.

about 2 hours

Trouble opening books in Libby and Sora

Jan 05, 2026 at 03:54 PM

about 1 hour

DOGONews (Sora Extra): users cannot access the service

Nov 18, 2025 at 09:14 AM

about 24 hours

Some checkouts are not visible in Marketplace reporting resulting in an incre...

Nov 05, 2025 at 10:50 AM

4 days

Libby "tags" functionality impaired

Nov 01, 2025 at 08:13 PM

about 12 hours

Sora outage

Oct 20, 2025 at 09:21 AM

about 4 hours

Audiobook playback error

Oct 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM

9 days

Kovels Antiques Currently Unavailable as Libby Extra

Oct 06, 2025 at 05:47 PM

about 4 hours

Performance issues following scheduled maintenance

Oct 02, 2025 at 09:44 AM

1 day

ArtistWorks (Libby Extra): users cannot access the service

Sep 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM

11 days

IndieFlix (Libby Extra): Users cannot access the service

Aug 07, 2025 at 08:48 AM

Title	IsDown detected At	Duration
Trouble opening books in Libby and Sora We are currently investigating an issue where users are unable to open books in Libby and Sora.	Jan 05, 2026 at 08:54 PM UTC	about 2 hours
DOGONews (Sora Extra): users cannot access the service We have identified an issue with DOGONews where users are unable to access the service. We are wo...	Nov 18, 2025 at 02:14 PM UTC	about 1 hour
Some checkouts are not visible in Marketplace reporting resulting in an increase in historical ch... The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.	Nov 05, 2025 at 03:50 PM UTC	about 24 hours
Libby "tags" functionality impaired We have identified an issue with Libby "tags" resulting in some functionality being impaired for ...	Nov 02, 2025 at 12:13 AM UTC	4 days
Sora outage Users may experience issues with borrowing, downloading, and opening books in Sora.	Oct 20, 2025 at 01:21 PM UTC	about 12 hours
Audiobook playback error Users may encounter an error when attempting to play an audiobook.	Oct 13, 2025 at 04:20 PM UTC	about 4 hours
Kovels Antiques Currently Unavailable as Libby Extra Kovels Antiques is temporarily unavailable through Libby Extras while we are diagnosing an issue ...	Oct 06, 2025 at 09:47 PM UTC	9 days
Performance issues following scheduled maintenance We've identified some performance issues in some OverDrive products and services following our mo...	Oct 02, 2025 at 01:44 PM UTC	about 4 hours
ArtistWorks (Libby Extra): users cannot access the service We are currently investigating this issue.	Sep 17, 2025 at 03:04 PM UTC	1 day
IndieFlix (Libby Extra): Users cannot access the service We are currently investigating this issue.	Aug 07, 2025 at 12:48 PM UTC	11 days

View complete OverDrive outage history

OverDrive Components Status

Check if any OverDrive component is down. View the current status of 6 services and regions.

Component	Status	Details
Browsing and searching status	OK	View details
Databases & Streaming Media Services (external) status	OK	View details
Downloading status	OK	View details
OverDrive Marketplace status	OK	View details
Reading or listening status	OK	View details
Signing in status	OK	View details

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is OverDrive down today?

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

What is the current OverDrive status?

OverDrive is currently operational. You can check OverDrive 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 OverDrive 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 OverDrive down today or just slow?

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

How are OverDrive outages detected?

IsDown monitors the OverDrive 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 OverDrive having an outage right now?

OverDrive last outage was on January 05, 2026 with the title "Trouble opening books in Libby and Sora"

How often does OverDrive go down?

IsDown has tracked 130 OverDrive incidents since May 2021.

Is OverDrive down for everyone or just me?

Check the OverDrive status at the top of this page. IsDown combines official status page data with user reports to show whether OverDrive is down for everyone or if the issue is on your end.

What OverDrive components does IsDown monitor?

IsDown monitors 6 OverDrive components in real-time, tracking the official status page for outages, degraded performance, and scheduled maintenance.

How to check if OverDrive is down?

Subscribe (if possible) to updates on the official status page.
IsDown continuously monitors the OverDrive status page and multiple sources to provide up-to-date information. Check back with us for the latest OverDrive uptime status.

Why use IsDown to monitor OverDrive 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 OverDrive 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 OverDrive?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if OverDrive 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 OverDrive'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.