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Discord outage history
Discord published 50 incidents on its official status page since Jan 25, 2026, 3 of them rated at the highest impact level. 19 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 Discord 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.
- Mar 25, 2026: Issues connecting to Discord 3 hours 17 min · rated "Critical"
- Aug 4, 2026: Messaging failures 1 hour 27 min · rated "Critical"
- Aug 7, 2026: Issues sending messages for bots and users 41 minutes · rated "Critical"
- Jan 25, 2026: Failing message sends on some channels 5 hours 29 min · rated "Major"
- May 8, 2026: Increased API Errors 3 hours 30 min · rated "Major"
- Mar 20, 2026: Failure to start new voice calls 3 hours 10 min · rated "Major"
- Jul 17, 2026: API Errors 2 hours 60 min · rated "Major"
- Jul 10, 2026: Issues with billing operations 2 hours 44 min · rated "Major"
- Sep 17, 2026: Issue / Delay in establishing call connection 2 hours 21 min · rated "Major"
- Sep 11, 2026: Issue with establishing voice calls 2 hours 21 min · rated "Major"
More major and long Discord incidents
- Sep 24, 2026, 02:08 UTC: Age group status mismatch across devices 1 hour 24 min, rated "Major"
- Sep 16, 2026, 21:32 UTC: Issue establishing voice call 1 hour 2 min, rated "Major"
- Sep 3, 2026, 14:35 UTC: Some servers unavailable 1 hour 2 min, rated "Major"
- Sep 2, 2026, 16:12 UTC: Server Unavailability 2 hours 14 min, rated "Major"
- Aug 31, 2026, 22:54 UTC: Some servers and other services (voice calls, activities) not available for some users 1 hour 55 min, rated "Major"
- Jun 10, 2026, 17:15 UTC: Activities cannot be launched 1 hour 20 min, rated "Major"
- May 22, 2026, 01:55 UTC: API errors affecting message sends, session starts, and billing operations 1 hour 44 min, rated "Major"
- Apr 19, 2026, 02:37 UTC: User Profile Errors 1 hour 15 min, rated "Major"
- Jan 27, 2026, 21:23 UTC: Voice and video errors 1 hour 39 min, rated "Major"
Every smaller Discord incident
Minor and short incidents from the Discord status page, newest first, each with a line from the official updates. Times are UTC.
October 2026
Oct 1, 2026, 19:48 UTC · Elevated API error rate
1 hour 5 min · rated "Minor"
"This incident has been resolved."
September 2026
Sep 16, 2026, 19:03 UTC · API Errors
25 minutes · marked as no impact
"A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results."
Sep 16, 2026, 16:15 UTC · Google Pay Outage
28 minutes · rated "Major"
"We're currently experiencing an issue that prevents users from completing purchases (including Nitro subscriptions and Shop items) through the Android app. This is caused by an ongoing outage with Google Play."
Sep 11, 2026, 16:24 UTC · Media Proxy Latency High
1 hour 22 min · rated "Minor"
"The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented."
Sep 2, 2026, 23:26 UTC · Voice endpoint selection issues
16 minutes · rated "Major"
"We've identified an issue with our endpoint selection service and are applying a mitigation now. We are seeing recovery to endpoint selection now."
August 2026
Aug 14, 2026, 06:09 UTC · Issue with establishing a call
14 minutes · rated "Major"
"A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results."
July 2026
Jul 27, 2026, 17:48 UTC · session starts, DM message delivery down
17 minutes · rated "Major"
"You may have issues logging in or not receiving DM messages live"
Jul 22, 2026, 23:32 UTC · unable to establish voice connection
25 minutes · rated "Major"
"A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results."
June 2026
Jun 29, 2026, 18:46 UTC · Intermittent chat functionality issues
1 hour 38 min · rated "Minor"
"This incident has been resolved."
Jun 9, 2026, 21:24 UTC · All clients may see issues connecting to Discord
20 minutes · rated "Major"
"We are letting in more connections as capacity allows"
May 2026
May 9, 2026, 06:25 UTC · Guild + Session Availability
36 minutes · marked as no impact
"We're investigating an availability where some users may be unable to start a session or some guilds may be unable to connect."
May 2, 2026, 17:03 UTC · Message Sends affected on certain channels
26 minutes · rated "Major"
"We've resolved the issue and messaging should be functional"
April 2026
Apr 28, 2026, 19:20 UTC · Connection Delays
1 hour 52 min · rated "Minor"
"Users are experiencing delays connecting to the platform. We are investigating"
Apr 16, 2026, 19:47 UTC · Issues with invites
43 minutes · rated "Minor"
"The issue has been identified and changes are being rolled back."
Apr 7, 2026, 01:48 UTC · Embeds not working
1 hour 4 min · rated "Minor"
"The issue has been identified and a fix is being deployed."
March 2026
Mar 31, 2026, 05:11 UTC · Captchas Not Showing
25 minutes · marked as no impact
"A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results."
Mar 28, 2026, 21:23 UTC · General API errors
20 minutes · rated "Major"
"The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented."
Mar 25, 2026, 15:18 UTC · Elevated errors for streaming and messaging
32 minutes · rated "Minor"
"We are investigating degraded performance affecting some Discord features, including streaming and messaging, due to a networking issue beginning at approximately 7:53 AM PT; our team is actively engaged with our cloud provider to..."
Mar 12, 2026, 21:04 UTC · Applications experiencing 503 errors
duration not stated · rated "Major"
"We believe that the 503s have been resolved."
Mar 12, 2026, 20:50 UTC · Applications experiencing 503 errors
16 minutes · rated "Major"
"We believe the 503s have been resolved."
Mar 9, 2026, 17:08 UTC · Issues sending and loading messages
51 minutes · rated "Major"
"The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented."
Mar 6, 2026, 03:26 UTC · UK/AU: Issues Completing Age Verification via k-ID
23 minutes · rated "Minor"
"k-ID age verification is operating normally again in the UK and Australia. Previously age verified users were not impacted."
Mar 2, 2026, 20:02 UTC · A/V E2EE Enforcement for Non-stage Voice Calls
8 days 21 hours · marked as no impact
"Updated clients which support the DAVE (Audio & Video End-to-End Encryption) Protocol are now required to connect to non-stages voice calls across the Discord Platform."
February 2026
Feb 28, 2026, 21:54 UTC · Continued issues with presence and DM delivery
60 minutes · rated "Major"
"This is actually a continuation of the incident from earlier today, which we marked "resolved" in error. We have now identified and are remediating the issue"
Feb 28, 2026, 14:39 UTC · possible issues with presence and DM delivery
1 hour 58 min · rated "Minor"
"you may need to refresh your client to see new DM messages. We are working on identifying the extent of the issue"
Feb 28, 2026, 14:23 UTC · presence briefly dropped, some DM messages not delivered (refresh to receive them)
duration not stated · marked as no impact
"We are currently investigating this issue."
Discord uptime, last 90 days
Tracked since Oct 7, 2026. Updated Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC.
Every Discord 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% | 20 ms | Up |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 100% | 21 ms | Up |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 100% | 22 ms | Up |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 100% | 22 ms | Up |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 100% | 21 ms | Up |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 100% | 31 ms | Up |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 100% | 25 ms | Up |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 100% | 25 ms | Up |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 100% | 29 ms | Up |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 100% | 27 ms | |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 100% | 25 ms | Up |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 100% | 22 ms | Up |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 100% | 28 ms | Up |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 100% | 32 ms | Up |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 100% | 37 ms | Up |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 100% | 21 ms | Up |
Discord outage questions
Was Discord down today?
No. We recorded no Discord outage, degraded period or maintenance today (Oct 22, 2026, UTC).
Was Discord down yesterday?
No. We recorded no Discord outage, degraded period or maintenance yesterday (Oct 21, 2026, UTC).
When was Discord last down?
The latest incident on the Discord status page started Oct 1, 2026, 19:48 UTC: Elevated API error rate (1 hour 5 min).
What was the biggest Discord outage?
Of the incidents on record since Jan 25, 2026, the biggest was on Mar 25, 2026: Issues connecting to Discord. The Discord status page rated it "Critical" and it lasted 3 hours 17 min.
How often does Discord go down?
Discord's status page posted 50 incidents since Jan 25, 2026, 2 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 Discord 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.