[Eril-l] Kanopy + OpenAthens

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Alyshia,

I just checked and I can confirm that Mercer University is seeeing the same issue for accessing Kanopy from off campus.

Gretchen

Gretchen M. Smith (she/her)
Director of the Electronic Resources Library
Mercer University
1501 Mercer University Drive
Macon, GA 31207

478.301.2193
smith_gm at mercer.edu
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Subject: [Eril-l] Kanopy + OpenAthens

Hi all!

After a long day of communicating with Kanopy support and not getting any results, I'm coming to you all to see if you've experienced this issue.

Today, a user reported that they were unable to log in to Kanopy off campus. I was able to re-create the issue. We use OpenAthens to authenticate for off-campus use and I was able to get all the way through that authentication process. But then, I got stuck on a Kanopy "Window is closing..." screen. It never goes away and if I close it, I just get back to the original log in screen. Here's a screenshot of where we get stuck:

[Screenshot 2026-02-02 120536.png]

Everything is set up properly in OpenAthens and, according to Kanopy, on their end. Kanopy support is insisting there is some SAML header that needs to be removed, but that's out of my league as far as technical skills are concerned. Has anyone encountered this issue before? I've reached out to EBSCO/OpenAthens support and thought I would check in here while I'm waiting to hear back.

Thanks in advance for your advice!

Best,
Alyshia

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[https://ww2.georgiasouthern.edu/web_templates/cdn/img/georgia-southern-signature-stacked-logo.png]     Alyshia Bagley, MLIS
Electronic Resources Librarian, Assistant Professor
University Libraries
Division of Academic Affairs

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