# Discord: Major incident: Message Sends affected on certain channels

**Summary:** Discord reported a major API incident affecting message sends on certain channels, starting at 2026-05-02 17:03 UTC and resolved at 2026-05-02 17:29 UTC, with a computed duration of 25 min. Discord said messaging should be functional after resolution; no cause was stated. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-05-02 17:03 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/p6fddpk44db0](https://stspg.io/p6fddpk44db0)
- [Company: Discord](https://rewindex.com/company/discord.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:99/k42p6rqypf7v@5e688b43e37d
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

```diff
+ Message Sends affected on certain channels
```

**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ major
```

**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ resolved
```

**4. Added: Start time**

```diff
+ 2026-05-02 17:03 UTC
```

**5. Added: Resolved time**

```diff
+ 2026-05-02 17:29 UTC
```

**6. Added: Affected components**

```diff
+ API
```

**7. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-05-02 17:03 UTC

```diff
+ We are currently investigating the issue
```

**8. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-05-02 17:29 UTC

```diff
+ We've resolved the issue and messaging should be functional
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-02 17:03 UTC | Major incident: Message Sends affected on certain channels (this change) | outage |

All Discord changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/discord/changes.md)
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