System Status

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View unresolved known issues and current system-related status messages below.

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Scheduled OSC System Downtimes

OSC strives to minimize the number of system downtimes and provide clients with significant advance notice but reserves the right to change the date(s) of these downtimes and/or add additional downtimes to improve the performance of our services.

Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Thursday, January 7, 2027

Active System Messages

ptrace Disabled Across OSC Systems

ptrace has been disabled globally across all OSC systems to mitigate a newly identified Linux kernel vulnerability. See this known issue for more details: https://www.osc.edu/resources/technical_support/known_issues/ptrace_disabled_across_osc_systems

Known Issues (unresolved)

A list of all known issues, including those that have been resolved, can be found here.

Title Category Description Posted Updated
ptrace Disabled Across OSC Systems

ptrace has been disabled globally across all OSC systems to mitigate a newly identified Linux kernel vulnerability. If this security mitigation impacts your active research... Read more

9 min 17 sec ago 9 min 17 sec ago
MATLAB (legacy) fails to launch on OnDemand Desktop Software

As of the downtime on 05/12/26 MATLAB desktop has stopped working when users try to open .m files in the GUI application. We are working to fix this issue. For now, please use the server... Read more

1 day 21 hours ago 1 day 20 hours ago