PaperCut's Partner Portal experienced a major outage lasting approximately 7 hours, during which some users globally were unable to log in due to authentication errors. The incident also impacted license activation in PaperCut NG/MF, with admins encountering errors related to the PaperCut Gateway Service or invalid CRN messages. The incident was fully resolved on August 25, 2026.
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This incident has now been resolved.
We know this may have been disruptive and appreciate your patience. We’ll continue to monitor closely and will complete a full review of the incident.
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
This issue is also impacting some users' ability to activate a new license in PaperCut NG/MF (under About > Registration).
Error shown in the admin interface may be "Unable to contact PaperCut Gateway Service to register license file. Ensure your server is online and try again." or "The supplied CRN is invalid".
We are continuing to investigate these issues.
PaperCut Partner Portal - some users receiving Authentication Error during login
We're currently investigating reports of some users receiving an Authentication Error during login. This impact is being observed in all regions.
We will provide updates here as they become available.
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