Common App outages and problems
In the past 24 hours, 11 user reports came in for Common App. Counting only the 15-minute windows with a spike big enough to count as an outage, that comes to 100.00% uptime for the day.
The busiest 15-minute window had 2 reports, about 22 hours ago. That stays below our outage threshold, so it doesn't count as downtime.
Common App in October 2026
- Problem reports in October (since 27 October)
- 11
Monthly report for October 2026
What people said was wrong in recent problem reports for Common App, as a share of those reports:
- 75% Website
- 25% App
Where Common App problem reports come from
Recent reports came from 6 areas. The most came from around New York City, NY, Chicago, IL and Washington, DC. Share of recent reports by area, named after its biggest town:
- 27% New York City, NY
- 18% Chicago, IL
- 9% Washington, DC
- 9% Detroit, MI
- 9% Columbus, OH
- 9% San Jose, CA
From 11 recent problem reports. Big cities always send the most, so reports from many places point to a widespread problem, and one area far ahead of the rest can mean a regional one. Town names: GeoNames.
Common App problem spikes, last 30 days
Since 27 October, Common App had no outage spikes or periods of elevated reports.
A spike is a sharp rise in problem reports from users, kept exactly as this page showed it at the time. This history starts on 27 October 2026. Monthly reports for all services
How to fix Common App not working
Common App is up on our end, so if it won't work for you, the problem is most likely on your side. Work through these in order:
Your browser tries to reach commonapp.org over your own connection, right now. Nothing is sent to us or stored.
Reload and restart
Reload the page (Ctrl+F5, or Cmd+Shift+R on a Mac), or fully close the app and open it again.
Try another connection
Switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data. If it works on one and not the other, the problem is your network, not Common App.
Update the app
Install the latest version from the App Store or Google Play. Old versions can stop connecting after a server-side change.
While Common App is down: what to use instead
- Common App website Open the service in a desktop browser when the mobile app stalls on sign-in or a form page.
- Coalition for College Use this separate application if a college on your list accepts it and you need another route to submit.
- College's own application Apply through a school's own portal when that school offers one and you need to keep the application moving.
- Your essay and activities document Save your essay and activity list in a local document so you can paste them into another application or the web version later.
Common App IP address, servers and network
Checking commonapp.org from our server…
Service updates from @CommonApp
No posts about problems from @CommonApp in the last 14 days. The latest is from .
Put the Common App status badge on your site
Paste one of these into a web page, a blog post or a README. The badge shows the same status as this page, based on user problem reports. Browsers can keep a copy for up to 4 hours. It links back here.
<a href="https://isitdownrightnow.app/services/common-app/"><img src="https://isitdownrightnow.app/badge/common-app.svg" alt="Common App status" height="20"></a>[](https://isitdownrightnow.app/services/common-app/)The badge is a plain image: no scripts, no cookies. People who see it on your page load it from our server.
How we track Common App
The status on this page comes from user-submitted problem reports for Common App, counted in 15-minute windows over the last 24 hours. Each window is compared with the normal level for Common App, so a few complaints on a quiet day don't trigger anything, but a sudden jump well above normal does.
When reports climb well above normal, the status here changes to partial outage or major outage and the chart moves with it. Common App doesn't publish a public status page that we know of, so user reports are often the quickest sign that something is wrong on their side.