Canonical status page lists Ubuntu login and software outages
Ubuntu cloud images, Launchpad package archives, Livepatch and Landscape were also affected. The cause is unconfirmed, while email and Discourse forums remained available.
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Canonical’s status page listed widespread disruption beginning at approximately 11:00 UTC (15:00 Yerevan time) on 11 November. The services had been offline for hours, The Register said.
Affected services included Ubuntu login, cloud images, Launchpad personal package archives, the Livepatch API and Landscape. Email and Canonical’s Discourse forums remained available.
What the affected services do
Canonical’s Ubuntu One single sign-on service lets users log in to multiple Canonical-owned websites.
The disruption affects software repositories and patching tools. Canonical says Livepatch applies fixes for high and critical vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, the core of the operating system, without requiring a restart. Its client periodically checks for patches and downloads, verifies and installs them on the running kernel on registered machines.
Cause unconfirmed ahead of summit
The cause of the outage was unconfirmed. Canonical had suffered a DDoS attack, a flood of traffic intended to disrupt services, in October 2026. The company had not responded to The Register’s request for more information by publication.
The online Ubuntu Summit is scheduled for 12–13 November. Its timetable is hosted on Discourse, which remained available.
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