Overview
- AKDB said an unforeseen error during a weekend software update was detected Monday and triggered the disruption.
- Driver’s license and vehicle registration services were unavailable across 19 Bavarian counties and the city of Amberg, with Bodenseekreis in Baden-Württemberg also affected.
- Local offices reported halted operations, including closed counters in Dingolfing-Landau and staff sent home in Deggendorf.
- Technicians restored service by rolling back the update, a process slowed by the size of the datasets involved.
- AKDB and the software manufacturer apologized for the inconvenience, noting the incident follows similar outages reported last April and a broader network failure in November 2023.