Possible Outage Resolved

Copilot possible outage on Aug 25, 2026 — 10 minutes incident report

Copilot appeared to experience a possible outage for 10 minutes on Aug 25, 2026.

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ServiceCopilot
StartedAug 25, 2026 at 03:10 UTC
ResolvedAug 25, 2026 at 03:21 UTC
Total duration10 minutes
Peak severityPossible Outage
DetectionDirect availability check

Timeline

  1. Possible issue detected
  2. Confirmed by re-check
  3. Service responding normally

What happened

On Aug 25, 2026, Copilot appeared to experience a possible outage lasting 10 minutes, according to our automated monitoring. The incident was first detected by Are The Bots Down's monitoring system at Aug 25, 2026 at 03:10 UTC and our checks resumed normal results at Aug 25, 2026 at 03:21 UTC. Automated availability checks against publicly accessible endpoints reported the issue during this window. 2 status observations were recorded across the lifetime of this incident.

What to do when Copilot appears to be having issues

Detected Microsoft Copilot issues can be Bing-side, Microsoft 365 account-side, or model-side. Microsoft 365 admins can see infrastructure detail at admin.microsoft.com; consumer Copilot users have no equivalent official feed.

Most users find it faster to switch tools than to wait. The closest alternatives to Copilot for the same workflows are ChatGPT or Claude.

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