# 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. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-05-22 01:55 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/5xc5drn5x1p8](https://stspg.io/5xc5drn5x1p8)
- [Company: Discord](https://rewindex.com/company/discord.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:99/vrdywypml5lf@6dd98e5f9571
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ API errors affecting message sends, session starts, and billing operations
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**2. Added: Impact**

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+ major
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**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ resolved
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**4. Added: Start time**

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+ 2026-05-22 01:55 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-05-22 03:39 UTC
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**6. Added: Affected components**

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+ API
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**7. Added: Update** (identified) · 2026-05-22 01:55 UTC

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+ 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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**8. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-05-22 03:39 UTC

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+ We have applied a fix and are seeing recovery across our systems
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-22 01:55 UTC | Major incident: API errors affecting message sends, session starts, and billing operations (this change) | outage |

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