Is Descript Down? Descript Status & Outages
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What is Descript status right now?
Descript is working normally
IsDown last checked Descript status on at . We've received 0 user reports in the past 24 hours.
Monitoring since Sep 2021
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255 incidents caught
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15 components tracked in real-time
Descript service health over the last 24 hours
This chart shows the number of user-reported issues for Descript service health 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.
Outage Map
See where users report Descript is down. The map shows recent Descript outages from around the world.
Descript Outage Map
Recent Descript outage reports
See what users report when Descript is down and how Descript outages affect them.
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Descript Downtime Health — Last 90 Days
In the last 90 days, Descript had 20 incidents (3 major outages and 17 minor incidents) with a median duration of 2 hours 2 minutes.
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Recent Descript outages detected by IsDown
Full incident reports for recent Descript outages, including timelines, affected components, and resolution details.
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Some larger projects are becoming unresponsive for ~20 seconds after making simple edits. Not all...
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Mar 03, 2026 at 10:37 PM UTC
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about 3 hours |
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We are aware of an issue affecting several AI-powered features, including voice generation and im...
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Feb 24, 2026 at 12:18 AM UTC
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about 1 hour |
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We have detected a problem that results in a degradation of playback performance and publishing. ...
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Feb 23, 2026 at 07:05 PM UTC
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about 1 hour |
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We have detected a problem with the Remove filler words AI Tool and we are investigating the unde...
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Feb 19, 2026 at 11:22 PM UTC
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about 1 hour |
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We are currently aware of an issue where users are unable to downgrade their subscription to Free...
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Feb 17, 2026 at 07:35 PM UTC
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33 minutes |
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We have detected a problem with publish and are investigating the underlying issue.
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Feb 11, 2026 at 03:04 AM UTC
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about 15 hours |
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We're currently investigating reports of slow performance across the Descript app and services. O...
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Feb 10, 2026 at 09:50 PM UTC
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about 3 hours |
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We have detected a problem affecting multiple services (including login and file sync), and are a...
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Feb 09, 2026 at 11:49 PM UTC
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about 1 hour |
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We have detected a Live Collaboration problem where project changes are not populating in real ti...
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Feb 03, 2026 at 06:34 PM UTC
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about 5 hours |
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We have detected a problem and are investigating the underlying issue.
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Feb 03, 2026 at 02:11 PM UTC
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about 9 hours |
Descript Components Status
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About Descript Status and Outage Monitoring
IsDown has monitored Descript continuously since September 2021, tracking this Audio & Podcasting for 4 years. Over that time, we've documented 253 outages and incidents, averaging 4.8 per month. When Descript goes down, incidents typically resolve within 189 minutes based on historical data.
We monitor Descript's official status page across 15 components organized into 8 groups. IsDown interprets Descript statuses (operational and incident) to deliver precise health metrics and filter alerts by the components you actually use.
To check if Descript is down, IsDown combines official status data with user reports for early detection. Vendors often delay acknowledging problems, so user reports help us alert you before the official announcement.
Engineering and operations teams rely on IsDown to track Descript status and receive verified outage alerts through Slack, Teams, PagerDuty, or 20+ other integrations.
How IsDown Monitors Descript
IsDown checks Descript's status page every few minutes, across all 15 components. We combine official status data with user reports to detect when Descript is down, often before the vendor announces it.
When Descript status changes, IsDown sends alerts to your preferred channels. Filter by severity to skip noise and focus on outages that affect your business.
What you get when monitoring Descript with IsDown
Track Descript incidents and downtimes by severity
IsDown checks Descript official status page for major/minor outages or downtimes. A major outage is when Descript experiences a critical issue that severely affects one or more services/regions. A minor incident 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. The moment we detect a Descript outage, we send you an alert and update your dashboard and status page.
Get alerted as soon as users report problems with Descript
Descript and other vendors don't always report outages on time. IsDown collects user reports to provide early detection of outages. This way, even without an official status update, you can stay ahead of possible problems.
All the details of Descript outages and downtimes
IsDown collects all information from the outages published in Descript status page to provide the context of the outage. 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.
Only get alerted on the Descript outages that impact your business
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.
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Descript Downdetector vs IsDown
Looking for Descript outage alerts like Downdetector? IsDown monitors Descript's official status page for verified incident data, not just user reports. Know exactly when Descript is down, which components are affected, and when service health is restored. Here's why official Descript status monitoring beats crowdsourced detection:
| Features | IsDown | Downdetector |
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| Official Descript status page monitoring. Know when Descript is down with real time incident details. | ||
| Monitor 6,020+ services including Descript in a single dashboard. | ||
| Instant Descript outage alerts sent to Slack, Teams, PagerDuty, and more. | ||
| Combined monitoring: Descript official status plus user reports for early outage detection. | ||
| Maintenance feed for Descript | ||
| Granular alerts filtering by Descript components and regions. |
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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 1 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 down today or just slow?
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.
Is Descript having an outage right now?
Descript last outage was on March 03, 2026 with the title "Projects become temporarily unresponsive after making edits"
How often does Descript go down?
IsDown has tracked 253 Descript incidents since September 2021. When Descript goes down, incidents typically resolve within 189 minutes.
Is Descript down for everyone or just me?
Check the Descript status at the top of this page. IsDown combines official status page data with user reports to show whether Descript is down for everyone or if the issue is on your end.
What Descript components does IsDown monitor?
IsDown monitors 15 Descript components in real-time, tracking the official status page for outages, degraded performance, and scheduled maintenance.
How to check if Descript is down?
- Subscribe (if possible) to updates on the official status page.
- Create an account in IsDown. Start monitoring Descript and get alerts in real-time when Descript has 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 when monitoring Descript?
IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if Descript 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 instead of just relying on reports from users. The integration allows us to provide more details about Descript's Outages, 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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