BB Collaborate Status

THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT Oct 1, 04:00 EDT  -  Oct 2, 04:00 EDT

Sep 15, 10:49 EDT
Update - Blackboard SaaS 4001.0.0, originally scheduled for release on September 3, 2026, will be deployed to Production environments on October 1, 2026.

Refer to the published release schedule for full details on future releases:
https://help.anthology.com/blackboard/administrator/en/whats-new/blackboard-release-schedule.html

Aug 28, 17:35 EDT
Scheduled - THE DATE SHOWN IS AN ESTIMATE ONLY. THE CONFIRMED RELEASE DATE WILL BE PROVIDED AS SOON AS IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED.

After careful consideration and continued testing with customers, we have decided to delay the release Blackboard SaaS 4001.0.0, from September 3, 2026, with a tentative end date of October 1, 2026, due to an important update to Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), a standard many institutions use to securely authenticate users and provide access to Blackboard LMS.

The update requires customers who use SAML to review and test their current authentication configurations and, in some cases, make configuration changes. We are delaying the release to give affected customers time to complete the necessary testing and updates.

System Administrators:

- If you do not use SAML to authenticate users, no action is needed on your part.

- If you do use SAML to authenticate users, full instructions for verifying and testing both changes are in our Support Advisory: Blackboard Security Update — SAML SSO Configuration Changes.

https://support.anthology.com/s/article/Blackboard-Security-Update-SAML-SSO-configuration-changes

THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT Sep 24, 04:00 EDT  -  Sep 25, 04:00 EDT

Sep 18, 13:24 EDT
Scheduled - Blackboard will be deploying a Blackboard SaaS 4000.21.0 Maintenance Release to Production environments.

Scheduled for September 24, 2026

Sep 23, 11:42 EDT
Completed - Most upgrades are now complete. We are continuing to work through those that did not succeed.

Sep 22, 08:07 EDT
Update - Release is currently in progress. Full build number is 4001.0.0-rel.77+0c9d960>. Please refer to the Anthology Support Center for more details on this maintenance release: https://support.anthology.com/s/article/Blackboard-Learn-4001-0-0-Maintenance-Releases

Sep 22, 04:00 EDT
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.

Sep 18, 11:49 EDT
Scheduled - Blackboard will be deploying a Blackboard SaaS 4001.0.0 Maintenance Release to Test and Staging environments.

Scheduled for September 22, 2026