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Help Scout change history
| When (UTC) | Change | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Major incident: Docs Errors Help Scout reported a major incident affecting Docs Sites and Web App: Docs sites failed to load, with intermittent loading issues continuing after an initial recovery. The incident started at 2026-07-14 12:17 UTC and was resolved at 2026-07-14 19:00 UTC, lasting 6 h 43 min; Help Scout confirmed Docs was fully operational. | Major incident | |
| Critical incident: Connection Issues Help Scout reported critical intermittent access issues affecting its Web App starting at 2026-04-20 14:52 UTC. Access was fully restored and the incident closed at 2026-04-20 15:04 UTC; the reported duration was 11 min. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Connections Issues Help Scout reported a major degradation causing slow page loads and timeouts in the web app, with Email Processing and mailbox counts, folders, reports, and search results listed as affected. It started at 2026-02-26 12:21 UTC and was resolved at 2026-02-26 12:29 UTC (reported duration: 7 min); performance was stable, with continued monitoring planned. | Major incident | |
| Critical incident: Docs site not loading Help Scout’s Docs Sites failed to load in a critical outage starting 2025-12-20 21:24 UTC. Sites were loading again by 2025-12-20 21:59 UTC, and the incident was resolved at 2025-12-20 22:43 UTC, lasting 1 h 19 min. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Connections Issues Help Scout reported a major connection incident affecting Beacon, Docs Sites and Web App, with slow page loads and timeouts reported in the web app. It started at 2025-12-11 12:06 UTC, lasted 59 min, and was resolved at 2025-12-11 13:06 UTC; performance was stable, but the identified root cause was not disclosed. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Temporary Outage and Slow Loading across Help Scout Help Scout reported a major partial outage and slow loading affecting all areas of the service, including the Web App, starting at 2025-11-14 19:27 UTC. The incident lasted 8 min and was resolved at 2025-11-14 19:35 UTC, when Help Scout said the app was fully functional again. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Connections Issues Help Scout reported a major Web App connectivity outage starting 2025-10-20 09:50 UTC, lasting 2 h 46 min and resolved at 2025-10-20 12:37 UTC. The vendor attributed the disruption to a cloud infrastructure provider and confirmed normal platform performance after the provider’s disruption was fully resolved. | Major incident | |
| Major incident: Web App Performance Issues Help Scout reported a major incident affecting attachment uploads/downloads, Beacon Live Chats and Contact Forms, and inbound email delivery. It started at 2025-07-29 15:48 UTC and was resolved at 2025-07-29 17:07 UTC, lasting 1 h 18 min; attachment and Beacon errors cleared, and all inbound emails were received. | Major incident |