Update - Bb Annotate will be updated for Europe on Monday, February 16, to resolve a performance issue. Timing for the US and BizGov upgrades will be provided when available.
Feb 13, 2026 - 09:49 EST
Update - We are investigating an issue encountered during the update. We will be pausing the US and Canada deployments until this is resolved.
Feb 10, 2026 - 08:36 EST
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Feb 06, 2026 - 15:30 EST
Scheduled - Bb Annotate will be updated starting on February 6th via a phased roll-out. This release includes general improvements and optimizations to enhance performance and reliability. The schedule will be as follows:
APAC & Australia: Friday, February 6, 10:30AM EST (UTC: Friday, February 6, 3:30 PM)
Europe & Africa: Sunday, February 8, 10:30PM EST (UTC: Monday, February 9, 3:30 AM)
US & Canada: Tuesday, February 10, 12:30AM EST (UTC: Tuesday, February 10, 5:30 AM)
Feb 6, 2026 15:30 - Feb 10, 2026 15:30 EST
Update - The team continues to make progress on identifying the full set of impacted courses and content items. Once complete we will be able to begin restoration. A timeline for affected file restorations will be shared once it's available.
Feb 12, 2026 - 16:58 EST
Update - We have confirmed the root cause related to the recent 4000.8 release and have already implemented a fix to prevent any new link corruption from occurring. Our current focus is remediation of impacted content. The team is taking a structured recovery approach that includes:
- Preserving all relevant system data to ensure no additional information is lost during cleanup
- Identifying the specific courses and content items affected
- Creating secure backups of impacted content records
- Comparing current content with archived versions to accurately restore file references where we have full confidence in the correction
- Flagging any items requiring additional validation for follow-up review
Several of these remediation steps are being executed in parallel to accelerate resolution. We will provide further updates as restoration progresses and will share additional guidance if client action becomes necessary. At this time, no action is required from clients.
Feb 11, 2026 - 16:48 EST
Update - The team understands the issue and problems caused. They are investigating the path forward to provide a fix to clean up any corrupted links. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.
Feb 10, 2026 - 17:16 EST
Investigating - With the release of Blackboard SaaS 4000.8 to production last week, there was a change that inadvertently may have caused some links to become corrupted. In a specific scenario where a document included PDF attachments from more than one course, an attachment from a different course may no longer be referenced correctly. In some cases, the document may display an incorrect PDF or an attachment may not open as expected. Note: This can happen with any file types that are cross-referenced too (not just PDFs)
The team is currently investigating to identify impacted or affected links and is working to determine a fix.
Feb 10, 2026 - 12:05 EST