Is Descript down? › Outage history
Descript outage history
Descript published 25 incidents on its official status page since Jun 10, 2026, 8 of them rated at the highest impact level. 4 were major or long incidents with their own pages; the biggest are listed first. Below them is every smaller incident, then our own 90 day check history.
Biggest Descript outages
Ranked by the official impact level, then by how long they lasted. Each has its own page with the cause, the fix time and every official update.
- Sep 4, 2026: Avatar generation is unavailable 3 hours 46 min · rated "Critical"
- Jul 23, 2026: Video Regenerate failing for some users 2 hours 27 min · rated "Critical"
- Jul 14, 2026: Playback Failures 1 hour 5 min · rated "Critical"
- Sep 4, 2026: Some Transcription requests are failing 3 hours 7 min · rated "Major"
Every smaller Descript incident
Minor and short incidents from the Descript status page, newest first, each with a line from the official updates. Times are UTC.
September 2026
Sep 29, 2026, 18:12 UTC · Transcription jobs failing
54 minutes · rated "Major"
"This issue is now resolved."
Sep 15, 2026, 15:17 UTC · Issues with Project Sync
3 hours 1 min · rated "Minor"
"This issue is now resolved."
Sep 14, 2026, 13:09 UTC · Rooms Recording Outage
36 minutes · rated "Critical"
"This issue is now resolved."
Sep 10, 2026, 23:15 UTC · Underlord
16 hours 7 min · rated "Minor"
"This issue is now resolved."
Sep 10, 2026, 21:18 UTC · Backend Workflow Outage
2 hours 36 min · rated "Minor"
"This issue is now resolved."
Sep 4, 2026, 22:51 UTC · Video playback freezing when exporting or publishing
47 minutes · rated "Minor"
"This issue is now resolved."
August 2026
Aug 18, 2026, 18:45 UTC · Help Center temporarily down
44 minutes · rated "Minor"
"This issue is now resolved."
Aug 5, 2026, 19:29 UTC · Rooms Outage
28 minutes · rated "Critical"
"This issue is now resolved."
July 2026
Jul 27, 2026, 16:37 UTC · Issue with uploads to media library
17 minutes · rated "Major"
"This issue is now resolved."
Jul 22, 2026, 13:01 UTC · Video files appear frozen or low FPS after import
8 hours 45 min · rated "Minor"
"This issue is now resolved."
Jul 21, 2026, 19:01 UTC · SquadCast recordings intermittently failing
40 minutes · rated "Major"
"This issue is now resolved."
Jul 21, 2026, 16:37 UTC · Issues with Media Playback
5 hours 26 min · rated "Minor"
"This issue is now resolved."
Jul 10, 2026, 18:00 UTC · Unplanned Underlord Outage
44 minutes · rated "Critical"
"This issue is now resolved."
Jul 8, 2026, 18:50 UTC · Error when trying to initiate recording
49 minutes · rated "Minor"
"This issue is now resolved."
June 2026
Jun 18, 2026, 20:35 UTC · Projects reverting to earlier revisions after reopening
1 hour 17 min · rated "Minor"
"The underlying cause of this issue has been resolved."
Jun 18, 2026, 20:28 UTC · Unable to start join sessions
32 minutes · rated "Critical"
"This issue is now resolved."
Jun 16, 2026, 23:10 UTC · Rooms sessions unable to upload successfully
33 minutes · rated "Critical"
"This issue is now resolved."
Jun 11, 2026, 16:47 UTC · Elevated Publishing Errors
53 minutes · rated "Major"
"This issue is now resolved."
Jun 10, 2026, 20:29 UTC · Projects failing to publish
15 minutes · rated "Minor"
"This issue is now resolved."
Descript uptime, last 90 days
Tracked since Oct 7, 2026. Updated Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC.
Every Descript problem in the last 90 days
No outages, degraded periods or maintenance recorded since Oct 7, 2026.
Day by day
| Day (UTC) | Uptime | Avg response | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | 100% | 557 ms | Up |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 100% | 1046 ms | Up |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 100% | 1001 ms | Up |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 100% | 855 ms | Up |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 100% | 783 ms | Up |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 100% | 851 ms | Up |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 100% | 1064 ms | Up |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 100% | 1215 ms | Up |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 100% | 1036 ms | Up |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 100% | 1122 ms | Up |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 100% | 1131 ms | Up |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 100% | 854 ms | Up |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 100% | 438 ms | Up |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 100% | 532 ms | Up |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 100% | 504 ms | Up |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 100% | 627 ms | Up |
Descript outage questions
Was Descript down today?
No. We recorded no Descript outage, degraded period or maintenance today (Oct 22, 2026, UTC).
Was Descript down yesterday?
No. We recorded no Descript outage, degraded period or maintenance yesterday (Oct 21, 2026, UTC).
When was Descript last down?
The latest incident on the Descript status page started Sep 29, 2026, 18:12 UTC: Transcription jobs failing (54 minutes).
What was the biggest Descript outage?
Of the incidents on record since Jun 10, 2026, the biggest was on Sep 4, 2026: Avatar generation is unavailable. The Descript status page rated it "Critical" and it lasted 3 hours 46 min.
How often does Descript go down?
Descript's status page posted 25 incidents since Jun 10, 2026, 1 of them in the last 30 days. Most incidents affect part of the service, not all of it. Uptime from our own checks over the last 90 days: 100%.
Times are UTC. Official incidents are the company's own posts, quoted from the Descript status page. Problem periods start when the official status page or our checks first show a problem and end when the service is next found working, so durations are accurate to within a few minutes. Recent outages across all services.