Outage in UC San Diego

VPN Access Issues

Resolved Minor

March 17, 2026 - Started about 20 hours ago - Lasted about 4 hours
Official incident page

Incident Report

ITS is investigating possible issues with the VPN. These services may be slow or unavailable at this time. Users may get the message when attempting to connect to the VPN: Your VPN access is Blocked. Thank you for your patience as our team works to restore functionality for these services. Updates and additional details will be shared here as they become available. If you notice any additional issues or impact, please contact the ITS Service desk at https://support.ucsd.edu, support@ucsd.edu or at (858) 246-4357.

Components affected

UC San Diego Network

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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )

RESOLVED about 17 hours ago - at 03/18/2026 05:11AM

ITS has confirmed that the issues affecting VPN have been resolved. Thank you for your patience as we worked to restore service. If you notice any additional issues or impact, please contact the ITS Service desk at https://support.ucsd.edu, support@ucsd.edu or at (858) 246-4357.

MONITORING about 18 hours ago - at 03/18/2026 03:24AM

ITS has implemented a fix for the issues with VPN. We are currently monitoring the situation to ensure our services have been restored. If you notice any additional issues or impact, please contact the ITS Service desk at https://support.ucsd.edu, support@ucsd.edu or at (858) 246-4357.

INVESTIGATING about 20 hours ago - at 03/18/2026 01:41AM

ITS is investigating possible issues with the VPN. These services may be slow or unavailable at this time. Users may get the message when attempting to connect to the VPN: Your VPN access is Blocked.

Thank you for your patience as our team works to restore functionality for these services. Updates and additional details will be shared here as they become available.

If you notice any additional issues or impact, please contact the ITS Service desk at https://support.ucsd.edu, support@ucsd.edu or at (858) 246-4357.

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