Blackboard SaaS 4001.0.0: Off-Cycle Maintenance Test/Stage Release (scheduled for Aug 21, 2026)

Scheduled Maintenance Report for Blackboard Inc.

Completed

Most upgrades are now complete. We are continuing to work through those that did not succeed.

Posted Aug 21, 2026 - 14:14 EDT

Update

Release is currently in progress. Full build number is 4001.0.0-rel.23+48b9150. Please refer to the Anthology Support Center for more details on this maintenance release: https://support.anthology.com/s/article/Blackboard-Learn-4001-0-0-Maintenance-Releases

Posted Aug 21, 2026 - 11:51 EDT

In progress

Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.

Posted Aug 21, 2026 - 07:30 EDT

Update

Scheduled release time has been adjusted to begin a little later on Aug. 21.

Posted Aug 20, 2026 - 12:48 EDT

Scheduled

Blackboard will be deploying an off-cycle Blackboard SaaS 4001.0.0 Maintenance Release to Test and Staging environments to address an issue with SAML configurations.

Scheduled for August 21, 2026

Posted Aug 20, 2026 - 11:58 EDT

This scheduled maintenance affected: 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)).