[App/Intranet/Email] [German System / US System] - news unread notifications in menu not updated

Incident Report for Staffbase

Postmortem

Summary
On July 8, 2026, between 7:06 AM and 2:05 PM (CEST), customers on the European System experienced incorrect unread indicators on certain menu items, such as news pages and folders. Our teams successfully identified the cause and restored full service functionality.

What Happened
A recent update caused unread indicators on certain menu items, such as news pages and folders, to display incorrect information for some users. Some menu items continued to show unread counts for content that was no longer visible, while others stopped displaying an indicator at all. Our team identified the issue and resolved it, restoring accurate unread indicators for affected menu items. The Americas and Asia/Pacific Systems were also monitored as a precaution, and no impact was observed for customers in those regions.

Impact
Between 7:06 AM and 2:05 PM (CEST) on July 8, 2026, customers on the European System may have seen unread indicators on certain menu items, such as news pages and folders, that did not reflect current content, in some cases showing counts that could not be cleared or no indicator at all. No data was lost during this incident.

Future Improvements
We will implement additional checks for the display of menu unread indicators and improve our ability to detect and resolve similar issues more quickly in the future.
Thank you for your patience and understanding while we work to improve our services and prevent future incidents.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to our customer support team at support@staffbase.com.

Posted Jul 09, 2026 - 15:59 CEST

Resolved

The issue is resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.

Please get in touch with us at support@staffbase.com in case you're still having any problems. We’re happy to help!
Posted Jul 09, 2026 - 13:43 CEST

Monitoring

Update: We have deployed a fix for the issue that prevented unread notifications to properly update. Functionality has been restored, and we are now monitoring all environments to confirm.

We will post a final update once monitoring confirms full stability.
Posted Jul 08, 2026 - 14:13 CEST

Investigating

Affected feature: Menu Notifications

Some users may experience an issue where the unread notification count does not update correctly in the notification menu.

Our teams are investigating and will work to resolve this as fast as we can. We will share more information soon.

You can see on which system your application is hosted by going to the Studio > Settings > API Access and checking the tag next to the title.

We apologize for the inconvenience. If you have any questions regarding this topic, please reach out to our support at support@staffbase.com.
Posted Jul 08, 2026 - 12:18 CEST
This incident affected: App/Intranet/Email (Web App (Americas) [SLA], Web App (Europe) [SLA], Native App - iOS, Native App - Android).