List of 2024 Leap Day Bugs

Sophos, a cybersecurity software vendor, issued an advisory that its products Sophos Endpoint, Sophos Server, and Sophos Home may experience an issue related to SSL certificates if the software is booted on February 29th. As a workaround, they originally suggested to manually disable the feature of their software that decrypts SSL/TLS (HTTPS) connections.

• Many petrol stations in New Zealand experienced problems with self-serve payment terminals, including Allied Petroleum, Gull, Z Energy, Waitomo, and BP - reported by Wired, The New Zealand Herald, and many others. The issue was reportedly related to Invenco payment solutions terminals. Invenco Group's CEO John Scott confirmed that indeed there had been a leap year glitch in their software. The bug has since been fixed, and an update was rolled out to their network of payment terminals worldwide.