Duo MFA Phone Verification Unavailable – February 13, 2025

February 13, 2025

Feb 13, 18:09 PST
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.

Feb 13, 16:20 PST
Monitoring - Duo has identified the issue and implemented a fix. Phone call and SMS are working with Duo MFA. UBC IT is continuing to monitor the situation.

Feb 13, 12:30 PST
Identified - The issue has been identified and are actively deploying a fix.

Feb 13, 10:58 PST
Investigating - There is currently an issue with the Duo cloud application, affecting UBC’s multi-factor authentication services. User may not be able to use phone call to pass the MFA prompt. SMS is intermittently unavailable.

If you are relying on phone call as your primary MFA factor, please try using SMS instead. Other MFA methods such as Duo Push, Passcodes, and Hardware Tokens are functional.

Self-service device management and Duo Admin are also unavailable.

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Page last updated on February 14, 2025


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