Wish we still had legacy auth today!

Welcome back after that multi-hour BBID outage. I guess those of you on Legacy Auth had to reset your password today but at least you could login.

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  • According to Blackbaud Status it is resolved partially. It is working for me now. No update on ETA for full recovery. Yes the timing of legacy auth update day and BBID outage seems to be an unfortunate coincidence.
  • Bryna Gleich
    Bryna Gleich Blackbaud Employee
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    This thread appears to be related to https://community.blackbaud.com/forums/viewtopic/300/54701


    It wasn't caused by BBID itself, but rather by something BBID uses.
    BB Status Page:

    Active Issue Alert – Blackbaud ID – Multiple Products - #000244449 Resolved - An issue impacting some of our customers is now resolved and services have been restored. If you have any questions about status in the future, you can always get updates at this page. Thank you. Apr 20


    Update - We have identified an issue with a third-party vendor that is preventing a subset of our customers from being able to log into their solutions that leverage Blackbaud ID. We are staying in close contact with that vendor as they work to implement a permanent fix. We will continue to keep you updated on the status of this issue.
    Status Page https://status.blackbaud.com


    For example, I couldn't complete my regular CDC VSafe Covid-19 vaccine check-in yesterday during the outage, since the CDC seems to use the same thing and thus the CDC's VSafe system was impacted just like BBID was.


    My spouse and I are expecting our first child, so I've been very diligent about completing those VSafe check-ins since I know how important it is for the CDC to get reliable data from people like me to help inform their safety procedures for future pregnant women and their kids. Since I've had rare health issues before, it's always been important to me to contribute to things that help the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health programs when feasible, so that medical science can continue to advance as quickly and safely as possible. To some people, those check-ins are just simple surveys, but to me, they're important because the mission behind them is important.


    Other systems (not just BBID and the CDC) were also affected. Some Microsoft things went down, for example.


    It was frustrating though.
  • Bryna Gleich
    Bryna Gleich Blackbaud Employee
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    Corrine Duncan:

    Is the issue resolved with BBID?

    Yes. The issue is resolved.

  • This is why it's important to always have a backdoor admin login.
  • Maria Morrell:

    This is why it's important to always have a backdoor admin login.

    As far as I know you can't do that with the support pages to access chat.

  • I am hoping to be able to have support add that account to our support list. Yesterday was a great example of why that is necessary.
  • Bryan Lorenzo
    Bryan Lorenzo Blackbaud Employee
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    Hi Maria Morrell‍ - I was under the impression Blackbaud required any user with a manager role to use Blackbaud ID?
  • Bryan Lorenzo‍, if you use Pick-a-time (and thus have the Pick-a-time Manager role), you can't have a BBID and import classes in. You have to use a legacy login to complete that step. The explanation I was given was that Pick-a-time and a few other 3rd party companies haven't migrated over yet.

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