Discord change history: Messaging failures

Discord reported a critical API outage affecting direct messages, interactions, shop, and SDK integrations from 2026-08-04 18:49 UTC to 2026-08-04 20:17 UTC, lasting 1 h 27 min. A fix was in place by 19:53 UTC, with nearly all users recovered by 19:59 UTC; the incident was resolved at 20:17 UTC.