Possible Outage Resolved

Copilot possible outage on Sep 9, 2026 — 1 hour 40 minutes incident report

Copilot appeared to experience a possible outage for 1 hour 40 minutes on Sep 9, 2026.

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ServiceCopilot
StartedSep 9, 2026 at 22:30 UTC
ResolvedSep 10, 2026 at 00:11 UTC
Total duration1 hour 40 minutes
Peak severityPossible Outage
DetectionDirect availability check

Timeline

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

What happened

On Sep 9, 2026, Copilot appeared to experience a possible outage lasting 1 hour 40 minutes, according to our automated monitoring. The incident was first detected by Are The Bots Down's monitoring system at Sep 9, 2026 at 22:30 UTC and our checks resumed normal results at Sep 10, 2026 at 00:11 UTC. Automated availability checks against publicly accessible endpoints reported the issue during this window. 11 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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