UIDAI defends Aadhaar authentication uptime as system passes 100B transactions

Server outages have struck India’s Aadhaar authentication system several times this year, preventing users from smoothly completing authentication processes for a cumulative period of 54 hours 33 minutes between January and September.

This is according to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in a Right to Information communication to The Hindu, the outlet reports.

Among the glitches noticed have been delays in sending SMS-based one-time passcodes to requestors as well as other minor forms of downtime.

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