Outage in Help Scout

Inbox Presence/Collision Detection Issues

Resolved Minor
April 17, 2025 - Started 5 days ago - Lasted about 2 hours
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Outage Details

We’ve been alerted to a problem with Help Scout, and we’re investigating. You may not see indicators in the Inbox for who is viewing or replying to Conversations, but Collision Detection should work as expected. We'll share updates as soon as we have them.
Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED 4 days ago - at 04/17/2025 04:34PM

We've finished rolling out the ability to see those indicators in the Inbox. Thank you for your patience!

MONITORING 5 days ago - at 04/17/2025 03:07PM

We've corrected the issue and are slowly rolling out the ability to see those indicators in the Inbox. We'll share more soon, and welcome any questions via help@helpscout.com.

INVESTIGATING 5 days ago - at 04/17/2025 02:25PM

We’ve been alerted to a problem with Help Scout, and we’re investigating. You may not see indicators in the Inbox for who is viewing or replying to Conversations, but Collision Detection should work as expected. We'll share updates as soon as we have them.

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