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Discord Outage History

Every past Discord outage tracked by IsDown, with detection times, duration, and resolution details.

There were 457 Discord outages since October 2019. The 59 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Minor May 9, 2026

May 2026: Guild + Session Availability

Detected May 9, 2026 2:25 AM EDT · Resolved May 9, 2026 3:02 AM EDT · Duration 37 minutes

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.

Major May 8, 2026

May 2026: Increased API Errors

Detected May 8, 2026 3:08 PM EDT · Resolved May 8, 2026 6:41 PM EDT · Duration about 4 hours

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.

Major May 2, 2026

May 2026: Message Sends affected on certain channels

Detected May 2, 2026 1:03 PM EDT · Resolved May 2, 2026 1:35 PM EDT · Duration 32 minutes

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.

Minor April 28, 2026

April 2026: Connection Delays

Detected Apr 28, 2026 3:20 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 28, 2026 5:12 PM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

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.

Major April 18, 2026

April 2026: User Profile Errors

Detected Apr 18, 2026 10:37 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 18, 2026 11:54 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

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.

Major April 16, 2026

April 2026: Issues with invites

Detected Apr 16, 2026 3:47 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 16, 2026 4:30 PM EDT · Duration 44 minutes

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.

Minor April 6, 2026

April 2026: Embeds not working

Detected Apr 6, 2026 9:48 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 6, 2026 10:54 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

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.

Minor March 31, 2026

March 2026: Captchas Not Showing

Detected Mar 31, 2026 1:11 AM EDT · Resolved Mar 31, 2026 1:41 AM EDT · Duration 29 minutes

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.

Major March 28, 2026

March 2026: General API errors

Detected Mar 28, 2026 5:23 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 28, 2026 5:47 PM EDT · Duration 24 minutes

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.

Major March 25, 2026

March 2026: Issues connecting to Discord

Detected Mar 25, 2026 3:21 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 25, 2026 6:41 PM EDT · Duration about 3 hours

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.