Zoom Phone outage, September 2026: Service Degradation Affecting Customer Using Polycom Devices Going Offline

Zoom Phone reported and resolved an incident: Service Degradation Affecting Customer Using Polycom Devices Going Offline. It lasted 14 days.

Resolved

From Zoom Phone's official status page, in their words.

What happened

Started
Resolved
Duration
14 days
Impact
minor
Affected
Devices (Softphones/Deskphones)
  1. Investigating
  2. Identified
  3. Monitoring
  4. Resolved

Why it happened

Zoom Phone has not given a cause in its updates. We never guess one.

How it was resolved

This incident has been resolved and the affected services have been restored.

Zoom Phone's closing update

This incident on the Zoom Phone status page

Timeline

Oldest first, from the first notice to the resolution. From Zoom Phone's official status page, in their words.

  1. investigating

    We are currently investigating a service degradation with a subset of users with Polycom devices going offline. Our team is actively working to identify the impact and root cause. We will provide an update as soon as more information becomes available. We appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this issue.

  2. investigating

    We are continuing to investigate this issue and will provide updates as soon as there is more information to share. Thank you for your patience.

  3. identified

    The root cause affecting service degradation with a subset of users with Polycom devices going offline has been identified. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made.

  4. identified

    Our team continue to work with our underlying provider affecting service degradation with a subset of users with Polycom devices going offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  5. identified

    Our team continue to work with our underlying provider affecting service degradation with a subset of users with Polycom devices going offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  6. identified

    Our team continue to work with our underlying provider affecting service degradation with a subset of users with Polycom devices going offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  7. identified

    Our team continue to work with our underlying provider affecting service degradation with a subset of users with Polycom devices going offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  8. identified

    We are continuing to work with our underlying provider to address the service degradation affecting a subset of users experiencing Polycom devices going offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  9. identified

    We are continuing to work with our underlying provider to address the service degradation affecting a subset of users experiencing Polycom devices going offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  10. identified

    A significant number of Polycom devices are back online, and service has been restored for the majority of affected users. We are continuing to work with our underlying provider to address the remaining service degradation affecting a subset of users whose Polycom devices remain offline. We will continue to monitor the service closely and provide further updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

  11. identified

    We are continuing to work with our underlying provider to address the subset of remaining devices that are showing offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  12. identified

    We are continuing to work with our underlying provider to address the subset of remaining devices that are showing offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  13. identified

    We are continuing to work with our underlying provider to address the subset of remaining devices that are showing offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  14. identified

    We are continuing to work with our underlying provider to address the subset of remaining devices that are showing offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  15. identified

    We are continuing to work with our underlying provider to address the subset of remaining devices that are showing offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  16. identified

    We are continuing to work with our underlying provider to address the subset of remaining devices that are showing offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  17. identified

    We are continuing to work with our underlying provider to address the subset of remaining devices that are showing offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  18. identified

    We are continuing to work with our underlying provider to address the subset of remaining devices that are showing offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  19. identified

    We are continuing to work with our underlying provider to address the subset of remaining devices that are showing offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  20. identified

    We are continuing to work with our underlying provider to address the subset of remaining devices that are showing offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  21. identified

    We are continuing to work with our underlying provider to address the subset of remaining devices that are showing offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  22. identified

    We are continuing to work with our underlying provider to address the subset of remaining devices that are showing offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  23. identified

    We are continuing to work with our underlying provider to address the subset of remaining devices that are showing offline. We will keep you informed with timely updates as progress is made. Thank you for your patience.

  24. monitoring

    The issue affecting customers using Polycom devices going offline has been successfully resolved. Our team will continue to monitor the situation closely and keep you informed of any further developments.

  25. resolved

    This incident has been resolved and the affected services have been restored.

What this means for a business (and what to check now)

  • Retry anything that failed during the 14 days.
  • Enter any payments, bookings or jobs you took another way.
  • If a deadline fell inside the window, keep this page as your record of the outage.

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