UWM.edu Intermittent Outages

UWM.edu intermittent outages.

Unavailability of UWM.edu web pages. Intermittent “503 service unavailable” errors.

09/21/2023 2:49 PM - UWM.edu intermittent outages have stopped since the early afternoon of 9/21/2023. Technical staff have identified the likely cause of the issue and are working to determine if further action is required.

09/21/2023 8:33 PM - During the evening of 9/21/2023 UWM.edu again experienced intermittent outages. Technical staff are monitoring the situation.

09/22/2023 5:49 AM - As of 8:30 PM on 9/21/2023, technical staff have identified and blocked numerous sources of high volume automated (bot/crawler-generated) traffic to select areas of UWM.edu. The blocks have eliminated the intermittent outages. As of the morning of 9/22/2023 UWM.edu remains stable and available. Technical staff are monitoring the situation.