Clever status: is it down right now?
Our own check of clever.com from Europe and the US, every 3 minutes, with recent history.
clever.com responded. The page answered normally in 502 ms.
clever.com responded.
The page answered normally in 502 ms.
Checked (just now) from Europe and the US, automatic every 3 minutes.
Follow Clever's public website. Free 10-minute checks, no card. This does not check every feature.
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This checks the response from clever.com. It does not test playback, login or every Clever feature.
Clever status history
Our own checks from Europe and the US. Green means every check passed, amber means some checks failed, red means most checks in that period failed.
Outages our checks detected
None since Oct 5. A problem has to fail two checks in a row before we record it.
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About Clever
Clever is the single sign-on and rostering backbone for most US K-12 school districts. Teachers and students log into dozens of ed-tech apps (Google Classroom, i-Ready, IXL, Kami, Nearpod) through Clever, and rostering data (who is in which class) syncs nightly from district SIS to the learning tools. When Clever goes down during school hours, entire districts lose single-click access to instructional software, and manual login is usually not set up. Rostering delays manifest as the wrong class roster showing up in a connected app a day later, even after the outage resolves.
The official Clever status page is available as a reference. Official pages are useful, but they can lag behind real outages by minutes or hours. Independent monitoring catches issues faster.
outage patterns
Why Clever outages can be hard to notice
Productivity SaaS tools like Clever sit in the background of daily work, which paradoxically makes their outages harder to catch quickly. Designs save, documents sync, and edits propagate without explicit confirmation steps, so a partial sync failure can leave work feeling done until you open it on another device.
The live check above measures the public clever.com endpoint from EU and US. It can reveal reachability or response-time problems, but it cannot inspect a private export queue, document sync state, or authenticated editor workflow. Confirm those features directly and compare them with the provider status reference.
Common signs Clever is having issues
- Files appearing to save successfully in the editor but failing to appear in the file list
- Exports (PDF, video, image bundles) stuck in a perpetual 'rendering' state
- Brand kit, fonts, or shared assets failing to load even though the editor opens
- Login or 2FA prompts looping when other apps from the same identity provider work fine
What to do when Clever is degraded
If you suspect Clever is having trouble, attempt the failing action from a private browsing window first - that rules out a cached-token or local-state problem. If the failure repeats, check clever.com from a second device or network. A reproducible failure across browsers and networks is almost always upstream, not local.
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Get independent alerts when the public Clever endpoint fails a confirmed check. Start free with 10-minute checks, or use Business or Agency for 60-second uptime checks.
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why independent monitoring
Provider status references
and endpoint checks answer different questions.
Independent endpoint evidence
The regional check can show that a public endpoint is failing before or after a provider posts broader incident context. It does not validate every product subsystem.
Scheduled alerts
Monitor Clever on your plan interval and route confirmed endpoint failures through the notification channels available to your workspace.
Multi-region verification
EU and US results can reveal a regional difference in public-endpoint reachability. Confirm the exact workflow and provider region you use.
Historical data
Track Clever uptime over time. See trends, identify recurring issues, and make informed decisions about your dependency.
Frequently asked questions
Is Clever down right now?
See the latest check of clever.com and its timestamp at the top of this page. If Clever is down, you can also check the official status page for extra context.
How do I check if Clever is having issues?
This page checks the public Clever endpoint from EU and US. You can also monitor that endpoint on a schedule and receive confirmed-failure alerts through the channels available on your plan. Test the exact provider feature you use for a complete diagnosis.
How can I get alerted when Clever goes down?
Set up a free monitor for clever.com on Visual Sentinel for 10-minute checks with email and push alerts. Paid plans add checks as fast as 60 seconds and more notification channels.
Where can I find Clever outage context?
The official Clever status page is available as a reference. Official pages are useful, but they can lag behind real outages by minutes or hours. Independent monitoring catches issues faster. Visual Sentinel checks the public Clever endpoint independently from EU and US. Paid Business and Agency plans support 60-second uptime checks.
Why did my class roster change in i-Ready after a Clever outage?
Clever syncs rosters from district SIS to connected apps on a nightly job. A failed or partial sync during an outage can propagate stale rosters downstream. Rosters usually correct themselves within 24-48 hours of sync recovery.
Does Clever Teacher Portal outage affect student SSO?
The Teacher Portal and the Student Portal use separate SSO flows but share the same backing auth service. A full Clever auth outage breaks both. A Teacher Portal UI issue typically does not block students from logging into apps.