Discord change history
| When (UTC) | Change | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Major incident: Age group status mismatch across devices Discord reported a major Android degradation involving mismatched age group statuses across devices: “unconfirmed” on an older mobile app but “adult” on web/desktop. It started at 2026-09-24 02:08 UTC and was resolved at 2026-09-24 03:32 UTC, lasting 1 h 23 min. Discord implemented a fix and instructed users to close and refresh the app. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Issue / Delay in establishing call connection Discord reported a major incident causing issues or delays in establishing call connections from 2026-09-17 18:18 UTC to 2026-09-17 20:39 UTC, lasting 2 h 21 min. A fix was implemented by 20:17 UTC, and the incident was subsequently resolved. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Issue establishing voice call Discord reported a major outage affecting voice call establishment, starting at 2026-09-16 21:32 UTC and resolved at 2026-09-16 22:35 UTC, with a reported duration of 1 h 2 min. A fix was implemented by 2026-09-16 22:15 UTC; no cause was stated. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Google Pay Outage Discord reported a major outage preventing Android app purchases, including Nitro subscriptions and Shop items, caused by an ongoing Google Play outage. It started at 2026-09-16 16:15 UTC and was resolved at 2026-09-16 16:43 UTC, lasting 27 min. Purchases on iOS, web, and desktop were unaffected, and existing subscriptions remained active. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Issue with establishing voice calls Discord reported a major incident affecting voice call establishment from 2026-09-11 04:21 UTC to 2026-09-11 06:42 UTC, lasting 2 h 20 min. A fix was implemented by 2026-09-11 06:20 UTC, and the incident was resolved. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Some servers unavailable Some Discord servers appeared unavailable in the client during a major outage starting 2026-09-03 14:35 UTC and lasting 1 h 2 min. Discord implemented a fix at 15:01 UTC and resolved the incident at 2026-09-03 15:37 UTC; no cause was stated. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Voice endpoint selection issues Discord reported a major voice endpoint selection outage starting 2026-09-02 23:26 UTC; calls could fail to start or get an endpoint. Discord identified an issue with its endpoint selection service and applied a mitigation, resolving the incident at 2026-09-02 23:42 UTC after 16 min. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Server Unavailability Some Discord servers were offline or degraded during a major-impact incident starting 2026-09-02 16:12 UTC and resolved at 2026-09-02 18:26 UTC, lasting 2 h 14 min. Discord reported recovery at 18:18 UTC but was still investigating the root cause; no specific fix was stated. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Some servers and other services (voice calls, activities) not available for some users Discord reported a major outage that left some users unable to connect to some servers and affected voice calls and activities. It started at 2026-08-31 22:54 UTC and was resolved at 2026-09-01 00:49 UTC, lasting 1 h 55 min; Discord reported remediation steps but gave no specific cause or fix. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Issue with establishing a call Discord reported a major incident affecting call establishment from 2026-08-14 06:09 UTC to 2026-08-14 06:24 UTC, lasting 14 min. A fix was implemented by 2026-08-14 06:14 UTC, and the incident was resolved. | Major incident | |
| Critical incident: Issues sending messages for bots and users Discord reported a critical API outage starting 2026-08-07 22:21 UTC that prevented users and bots from sending messages, then expanded to all Discord interactions. Service recovered at 22:42 UTC, and the incident was fully resolved at 2026-08-07 23:02 UTC; the reported duration was 40 min. | Major incident | |
| Critical incident: 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. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: session starts, DM message delivery down Discord reported a major outage affecting session starts and live DM delivery: users could have trouble logging in or receiving DMs live. It started at 2026-07-27 17:48 UTC and was resolved at 2026-07-27 18:05 UTC, lasting 17 min; no cause or fix was stated. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: unable to establish voice connection Discord reported a major incident preventing voice connections from 2026-07-22 23:32 UTC to 2026-07-22 23:57 UTC, lasting 25 min. A fix was implemented by 07-22 23:49 UTC, and the incident was resolved. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: API Errors Discord reported a major API Errors incident from 2026-07-17 00:49 UTC to 2026-07-17 03:48 UTC, lasting 2 h 59 min. Discord identified an upstream latency issue, worked to mitigate its impacts, and marked the incident resolved. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Issues with billing operations Discord reported a major incident affecting billing operations across API and Payments, starting 2026-07-10 16:49 UTC and resolved at 2026-07-10 19:33 UTC, lasting 2 h 43 min. A fix was implemented by 17:11 UTC and monitored before resolution; no cause was stated. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Activities cannot be launched Discord Activities could not be launched during a major incident starting 2026-06-10 17:15 UTC, lasting 1 h 19 min. Discord said it had disabled Activities, began ramping up traffic at 18:21 UTC, and marked the incident resolved at 2026-06-10 18:35 UTC. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: All clients may see issues connecting to Discord All Discord clients could experience connection issues involving Gateway in a major-impact outage from 2026-06-09 21:24 UTC to 2026-06-09 21:44 UTC (reported duration: 19 min). Discord admitted more connections as capacity allowed, implemented a fix and confirmed resolution. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: API errors affecting message sends, session starts, and billing operations 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 | |
| Major incident: Increased API Errors Discord reported a major API outage that prevented many users from starting sessions, beginning 2026-05-08 19:08 UTC and resolved at 2026-05-08 22:38 UTC, lasting 3 h 29 min. Users regained platform access during recovery, and Discord confirmed all critical functionalities had recovered for all users at resolution. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Message Sends affected on certain channels 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. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: User Profile Errors Discord reported a major incident preventing some users from updating their user profile, starting at 2026-04-19 02:37 UTC and resolved at 2026-04-19 03:52 UTC, lasting 1 h 14 min. A fix was implemented by 2026-04-19 03:41 UTC; no cause was stated. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: General API errors Discord reported general API errors with major impact, starting at 2026-03-28 21:23 UTC and resolved at 2026-03-28 21:44 UTC; the computed duration was 20 min. A fix was implemented and monitored, but no cause was stated. | Major incident | |
| Critical incident: Issues connecting to Discord 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 | |
| Major incident: Failure to start new voice calls Discord reported a major incident preventing new voice calls from being created, from 2026-03-20 02:47 UTC to 2026-03-20 05:56 UTC, lasting 3 h 9 min. A fix was implemented by 2026-03-20 05:43 UTC, and the incident was resolved. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Applications experiencing 503 errors Discord reported a major incident involving applications experiencing 503 errors, starting at 2026-03-12 21:04 UTC and resolved at 2026-03-12 21:04 UTC, with a computed duration of 0 min. Discord stated it believed the 503s had been resolved; no cause or specific fix was provided. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Applications experiencing 503 errors Discord reported a major incident in which bot traffic could encounter 503 errors, starting at 2026-03-12 20:50 UTC. It was marked resolved at 2026-03-12 21:06 UTC, with a computed duration of 15 min; Discord said it believed the 503s were resolved. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Some servers unavailable Some Discord servers were unavailable in a major-impact Gateway outage starting 2026-03-11 23:07 UTC and lasting 26 min, until 2026-03-11 23:33 UTC. Discord reported implementing a fix at 23:11 UTC and subsequently marked the incident resolved. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Issues sending and loading messages Discord reported a major API outage affecting sending and receiving messages, starting 2026-03-09 17:08 UTC and lasting 50 min until resolution at 2026-03-09 17:58 UTC. A fix was implemented at 17:29 UTC; no cause was stated. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Guild Unavailability Some Discord guilds were unavailable in a major-impact incident that started at 2026-03-05 01:37 UTC and was resolved at 2026-03-05 01:58 UTC, lasting 20 min. Discord identified the issue and reported implementing a fix, but did not state a cause. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Continued issues with presence and DM delivery Discord reported major Gateway degradation affecting presence and DM delivery from 2026-02-28 21:54 UTC to 2026-02-28 22:54 UTC, lasting 59 min. Existing sessions could miss new DMs; restarting sessions was suggested as a workaround. Discord said an earlier incident had been marked resolved in error, implemented a fix, and confirmed resolution. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Voice and video errors Discord reported a major incident causing errors joining voice channels or watching streams, starting at 2026-01-27 21:23 UTC. A fix was implemented by 2026-01-27 22:56 UTC, and the incident was resolved at 2026-01-27 23:03 UTC after 1 h 39 min. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Failing message sends on some channels Discord reported a major incident affecting API and Search, with message sends failing on some channels. It started at 2026-01-25 00:35 UTC and was resolved at 2026-01-25 06:04 UTC, lasting 5 h 29 min; no cause or fix was stated. | Major incident |