Changes / Discord / Issues connecting to Discord
Discord: Critical incident: Issues connecting to Discord
Summary
Discord reported a critical API and Gateway outage preventing connections and disrupting voice connectivity, starting 2026-03-25 19:21 UTC. Voice and video recovered while API issues remained under investigation; the incident was resolved at 2026-03-25 22:38 UTC, lasting 3 h 16 min.
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What changed
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After: Issues connecting to Discord
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After: 2026-03-25 19:21 UTC
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After: 2026-03-25 22:38 UTC
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After: API, Gateway
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After: We're aware of an issue that is preventing people from connecting to Discord - we're actively investigating
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After: We're continuing to investigate impacts to voice connectivity. There may be some temporary impacts to other features as we work to accelerate recovery.
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After: We believe we have identified the issue and are taking action to try and restore voice traffic
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After: Voice and video should have recovered and users should be able to connect to voice calls.
We are still tracking down issues with our API.
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After: This incident has been resolved.
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History of this incident
| When (UTC) | Change | Kind |
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| Critical incident: Issues connecting to Discord (this change) Discord reported a critical API and Gateway outage preventing connections and disrupting voice connectivity, starting 2026-03-25 19:21 UTC. Voice and video recovered while API issues remained under investigation; the incident was resolved at 2026-03-25 22:38 UTC, lasting 3 h 16 min. | Major incident |