Outage in Slack

Trouble with Slack - General Slack functionality issues

Resolved Minor
January 08, 2026 - Started about 18 hours ago - Lasted about 1 hour
Official incident page

Incident Report

We are currently investigating an issue where a subset of users may experience difficulties accessing Slack features. Some users may experience failed message sends, loading errors, or other intermittent failures across the platform. We apologise for the inconvenience and will provide another update as soon as we have more details to share.

Components affected
Slack Messaging Slack Connectivity

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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
about 17 hours ago - at 01/08/2026 11:13PM

We are actively working to resolve the current platform functionality issuesCurrent status and actions being taken: Our engineering teams have identified a configuration change as the potential cause affecting our edge infrastructure. We have started remediating impact across some regions and are continuing these efforts across the remaining regions.Estimated time to resolution: No ETA at this time.Scope: This issue does not affect any specific region, but a percentage of users may be impacted globally.Current impact to end users: Some users may experience failed message sends, loading errors, or other intermittent failures.Known workarounds: No known workarounds at this time.We'll continue to provide updates every 30 minutes until the impact is resolved for all users.

about 18 hours ago - at 01/08/2026 10:34PM

We are currently investigating an issue where a subset of users may experience difficulties accessing Slack features. Some users may experience failed message sends, loading errors, or other intermittent failures across the platform. We apologise for the inconvenience and will provide another update as soon as we have more details to share.

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