Parcoursup: can the breakdown have consequences on wishes ?

After a breakdown that paralyzed the Parcoursup platform this Wednesday, the deadline for finalizing files for final year students was reached. shifted by one day.

This Wednesday, April 3, the Parcoursup platform which allows final year students to validate their post-baccalaureate orientation wishes was launched. broken-down. Unfortunately, this was the deadline for submitting applications, set at 11:59 p.m. A hiccup that lefté many high school students left behind, unable to finalize their files. Contact by Agence France Presse, the ministry cites a “problem of availability” servers " which would reduce "the number of simultaneous connections on the platform". He also insisted on reassure as to à reliability of the platform and its capacity &agrav; receive a large number of visitors: "The situation is not linked to an excess of connections. The platform is adapted to the flows it receives each year. 

The date of validation of your documents postponed

So that no candidate is harmed, an additional deadline has been added. agreement by Parcoursup. The deadline for validation of tenders has passed. postponed to this Thursday, April 4, 10 p.m. "The Parcoursup site has been accessible again for more than an hour. So that no candidate is penalized, the deadline for completing your file and confirming your wishes has been set. shifted é Thursday April 4, 10 p.m. (Paris time) could we read on X (formerly Twitter), à 12:44 a.m., Wednesday night à Thursday.

An episode experienced as “a huge bout of stress” by Charlotte, a high school student in a Parisian establishment and interviewed by Le Parisien. "I tried everything: on my phone, my computer… nothing worked" she explains. On the other hand, this outage will not have any consequences on the wishes of students if they do not miss the new deadline set ;e by Parcoursup. At this time, it is impossible to know the origin of this technical problem. The hypothesis of a cyberattack is not excluded, particularly after the attacks by hackers claiming to be from the pro-Russian group Anonymous Sudan at the beginning of the year. goal of the month of March and aimed at different French state services.