Descript Status - Is Descript Down?

Descript is operational

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Current Descript official ongoing incidents

No incidents reported in Descript's status page

IsDown pulls data from Descript's status page every few minutes and collects user-reported issues. Refresh the page to see if there are any updates.

Descript issues reported by users in the last 24 hours

This chart displays the number of user-reported issues over the past 24 hours, grouped into 20-minute intervals. It's normal to see occasional reports, which may be due to individual user issues rather than a broader problem. We only consider an issue widespread if there are multiple reports within a short timeframe.

Latest user comments about Descript problems

  • J

    Jason

    Server Error when trying to generate text to speech

  • D

    Dana

    it's saying it cannot connect & to check my internet, but my internet is working fine.

  • N

    Nate

    Desktop app won't work for me or my coworkers

  • K

    Kehla

    When I log in I can't access any of my projects or start anything new. I have a paid account.

  • J

    jasmine

    Won't load drive or start a new project.

  • S

    Sarah

    Unable to access my projects

  • Y

    Yael

    The site is not loading my projects or allowing me to start a new one

  • T

    Thomas

    Ongoing "unknown Error" - will not load

  • C

    Christi

    unknown error on projects, webpage wont load (not even their troubleshooting help pages)

  • S

    Scott

    Does not create new project

  • B

    Beth

    It will not transcribe.

  • E

    Emma

    Cannot get the music or video libraries to load or play.

  • B

    Brandon

    Seems like the app and the web version aren't working for me

  • F

    Fay

    I can’t seem to get the app to load or the online version of Descript to work today.

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Descript outage history

IsDown has tracked 193 incidents since started monitoring Descript status in September 2021.

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Having problems with Descript? What can you do?

  1. First, stay calm.

    • We know it's stressful when Descript is down, but running around is not going to fix it.
    • Remember that it's normal for services to go down sometimes. It can be for a number of reasons, from maintenance to unexpected issues.
  2. Make a quick evaluation of the impact

    • Try to evaluate the impact of the outage on your business. Is it impacting a majority of your users or just a few?
    • Did Descript already acknowledge the issue? And published a status update? (You can find it in the top of the page or in Descript status page)
    • If not, understand if other users are also experiencing issues. You can also check this information on the top of the page.
  3. Communicate with your team and users quickly

    • If Descript is having problems and impacting your business, it's important to keep your team and users informed.
    • Share this page with your team, so you can start incident response procedures. No need for everyone to go around searching for information. Create a post or a specific channel in your internal communication tools (Slack, Teams, Google Chat, etc.) so you can aggregate all the information in one place.
    • If you have a status page, create a status update to inform your users about the issue. This way they know what's going on and you can avoid a flow of support requests overburding your team.
  4. Understand the root cause

    • After the first communication, let's move on to the next step. Do a more thorough investigation to understand the root cause of the issue and impact.
    • Reach out to the service provider to understand if they are aware of the issue and if they are already working on it. You can reach them in their support channels, or their social media channels if they have any.
  5. Is there any mitigation for the issue?

    • Understand if there are workarounds or mitigations for the issue. Can you use a different provider? Is the switch easy to do? Talk with your team to understand the best course of action.
    • Need to wait on the service provider to fix the issue? Understand if there is a timeline for the fix. Adapt your communication with your team and users to the situation. It's very important to keep everyone informed.
  6. Service has recovered?

    • Continue to monitor the situation. A lot of times, the service can see a brief recovery and declare the issue as resolved, but it can come back. Keep monitor for some time to make sure it's really resolved.
  7. Post-incident analysis

    • Once the issue is resolved, it's important to do a post-incident analysis. Understand what went wrong and if it's possible or needed to do something to prevent it from happening again.
    • Sometimes if it's a critical dependency, you might need to have a backup plan in place to avoid a similar issue.
  8. Prepare for the next incident, because it will happen again

    • Start monitoring your dependencies. Sign up to IsDown and aggregate all your dependencies status in one place.
    • Nowadays, it's very common to have a lot of dependencies, and keeping an eye on them is not an easy task. IsDown can help you with that, by aggregating and monitoring all dependencies status and alerting you if they are having issues. Create status pages to communicate with your team and users.

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3 incidents in 2025

Descript outages in the last 30 days

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Last incident

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Descript down today?

Descript isn't down. You can check Descript status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors Descript official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported.

What is the current Descript status?

Descript is currently operational. You can check Descript status and incident details on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the latest outages and issues affecting customers.

Is there a Descript outage now?

No, there is no ongoing official outage. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

Is Descript slow today?

Currently there's no report of Descript being slow. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

How are Descript outages detected?

IsDown monitors the Descript official status page every few minutes. We also get reports from users like you. If there are enough reports about an outage, we'll show it on the top of the page.

When was the last Descript outage?

Descript last outage was on February 13, 2025 with the title "Some users are unable to open the Desktop app to a usable window"

Descript not working for you? How do I know if Descript is down?

How can I check Descript status and outages?

Why use IsDown to monitor Descript instead of the official status page?

Because IsDown is a status page aggregator, which means that we aggregate the status of multiple cloud services. You can monitor Descript and all the services that impact your business. Get a dashboard with the health of all services and status updates. Set up notifications via Slack, Datadog, PagerDuty, and more, when a service you monitor has issues or when maintenances are scheduled.

How IsDown compares to DownDetector?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if a service is having problems. The big difference is that IsDown is a status page aggregator. IsDown monitors a service's official status page to give our customers a more reliable source of information. The integration allows us to provide more details about the outage, like incident title, description, updates, and the parts of the affected service. Additionally, users can create internal status pages and set up notifications for all their third-party services.

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Major Outages Notifications

IsDown monitors Descript for major outages. A major outage is when Descript experiences a critical issue that severely affects one or more services/regions. When Descript marks an incident as a major outage, IsDown updates its internal status, the customer status page and dashboard. Depending on the customer settings, IsDown will also send notifications.

Minor Outages Notifications

IsDown monitors Descript status page for minor outages. A minor outage is when Descript experiences a small issue affecting a small percentage of its customer's applications. An example is the performance degradation of an application. When a minor outage occurs, IsDown updates its internal status and shares that information on the customer status page. Depending on the customer settings, IsDown will also send notifications.

Outage Details

IsDown collects all information from the outages published in Descript status page to provide the most accurate information. If available, we gather the title, description, time of the outage, status, and outage updates. Another important piece of information is the affected services/regions which we use to filter the notifications that impact your business.

Component Filtering

IsDown monitors Descript and all their 15 components that can be affected by an outage. IsDown allows you to filter the notifications and status page alerts based on the components you care about. For example, you can choose which components or regions affect your business and filter out all other outages. This way you avoid alert fatigue in your team.

Early Outage Indicators

Descript and other vendors don’t always report outages on time. Our crowdsourced status platform helps you stay ahead of outages. Users report issues and outages, sharing details on what problems they are facing. We use that info to provide early signs of outages. This way, even without an official update, you can stay ahead of possible problems.

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