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Substack: Substack increased latency and error rate

Impact: criticalStatus: resolvedStarted Resolved (1.5 h)7 updatesSource: stspg.io (opens in new tab)
Summary

Substack reported a critical incident with increased latency and errors affecting Substack.com, Substack publications, Writer dashboards, and the Substack app. It started at 2024-08-23 17:36 UTC and was resolved at 2024-08-23 19:06 UTC, lasting 1 h 29 min. Substack said it identified the cause but did not disclose it.

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Affected components: Writer dashboardsSubstack publicationsSubstack.com

Timeline of updates

  1. investigating

    We are investigating reports of increased errors and Latency from all Substack services.

  2. investigating

    We have identified the cause of the issue and are working toward resolution. At this time Substack is experiencing degraded performance across the web and Substack app. We are working to resolve as soon as possible.

  3. identified

    We are continuing to work toward resolution. At this time Substack is experiencing degraded performance across the web and Substack app. We are working to resolve as soon as possible.

  4. identified

    We are continuing to work toward resolution and anticipate recovery starting shortly. At this time Substack is experiencing degraded performance across the web and Substack app. We are working to resolve as soon as possible.

  5. identified

    We are beginning to see recovery across Substack. We are continuing to work toward full resolution.

  6. monitoring

    Substack is operating normally. We are continuing to monitor.

  7. resolved

    This incident has been resolved and Substack is operating normally.

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