Blackboard LMS: Discussion Forum or other Assessment Visible in Course with Inherited Release Conditions

Incident Report for Blackboard Inc.

Identified

Inherited Conditions Making Course Links Inaccessible or Visible & Impact to Other Content Items in a Course

A fix introduced in the August release (4000.21.0) caused unintended issues with course links for institutions depending on how their course content is designed or structured. We reverted this fix, which means Discussions and similar items linked in areas like the Gradebook or Discussions tab may again appear outside their intended release conditions.

Reference the support article for more details: https://support.anthology.com/s/article/Discussion-Forum-or-other-Assessment-Visible-in-Course-with-Inherited-Release-Conditions

Posted Sep 04, 2026 - 13:41 EDT

This incident affects: Africa (Blackboard - SaaS (Africa)), Americas (Blackboard - SaaS (US), Blackboard – SaaS Gov Cloud (US)), Europe & Middle East (Blackboard - SaaS (Saudi), Blackboard - SaaS (Europe)), and Asia Pacific (Blackboard - SaaS (Asia Pacific)).