Changes / Discord / API errors affecting message sends, session starts, and billing operations
Discord: Major incident: API errors affecting message sends, session starts, and billing operations
Summary
Discord reported a major API outage affecting message sends, session starts, and billing operations for a subset of users. It started at 2026-05-22 01:55 UTC and was resolved at 2026-05-22 03:39 UTC, lasting 1 h 44 min. Discord said it applied a fix and was seeing recovery across its systems.
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What changed
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After: API errors affecting message sends, session starts, and billing operations
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After: resolved
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After: 2026-05-22 01:55 UTC
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After: 2026-05-22 03:39 UTC
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After: We're aware of an issue that is affecting a subset of users trying to interact with our services. We are working on a fix to address the issues.
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After: We have applied a fix and are seeing recovery across our systems
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History of this incident
| When (UTC) | Change | Kind |
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| Major incident: API errors affecting message sends, session starts, and billing operations (this change) Discord reported a major API outage affecting message sends, session starts, and billing operations for a subset of users. It started at 2026-05-22 01:55 UTC and was resolved at 2026-05-22 03:39 UTC, lasting 1 h 44 min. Discord said it applied a fix and was seeing recovery across its systems. | Major incident |