Discord Outage History

Discord experienced a 37-minute service disruption where some users were unable to start sessions and some guilds couldn't connect properly. Users reported "Messages failed to load" errors when scrolling through channels and servers. The issue was resolved after implementing a fix and monitoring the results.

Discord experienced a major API system outage lasting 3.6 hours that prevented users from logging in, sending messages, and accessing most platform features. Users reported being stuck on loading screens with "Increased API errors" messages, complete service unavailability, message sending failures, and frozen servers. The incident was resolved after engineers identified the root cause and gradually restored all critical functionalities.

Discord experienced a major incident where message sending was affected on certain channels due to API issues. The problem lasted for 32 minutes before being resolved. Discord investigated and restored full messaging functionality across all affected channels.

Discord experienced connection delays and server availability issues lasting 1.9 hours, primarily affecting large servers/guilds. Users reported being unable to connect to the platform, servers appearing offline or unavailable, slow message delivery, voice chat problems, and apps getting stuck on loading screens. The issue was resolved after implementing a fix and monitoring the results.

Discord experienced a major incident where some users were unable to update their user profiles. The issue affected profile modification functionality across the platform for 1.3 hours. Discord implemented a fix and confirmed resolution after monitoring the results.

Discord experienced a major incident affecting invite functionality, with users unable to properly interact with server invites. The API component was impacted for 44 minutes while the engineering team identified the root cause and performed a rollback of recent changes. The issue was fully resolved after the rollback completed and recovery was confirmed.

Discord experienced an issue with embeds not working properly, affecting their API functionality. The incident lasted 1.1 hours and was resolved after the team identified the problem and deployed a fix.

Discord experienced an issue where captchas were not displaying properly for users. The problem affected user authentication and verification processes on the platform. The issue was resolved after 29 minutes with a fix implementation and monitoring period.

Discord experienced general API errors that lasted 24 minutes, affecting the platform's API functionality. The issue was identified and a fix was implemented, with the service being monitored before full resolution was confirmed.

Discord experienced a major outage lasting 3.3 hours that prevented users from connecting to the service, with the API being the primary affected component. Users reported being unable to join voice calls (receiving "awaiting endpoint" errors), getting stuck on loading screens, losing audio in existing calls, and having difficulty accessing messaging features. The issue was identified and resolved through targeted fixes to restore voice traffic first, followed by full API recovery.