Is Buffer down today?

Check the status badge at the top of this page for the current status. Pulsetic polls the official status page every few minutes and cross-references with user reports to give you the most accurate picture.

How often does Buffer go down?

Based on our 90-day data, we've detected 21 incidents, of which 9 were major or critical. The median resolution time is 1h 53m.

How are outages detected?

Pulsetic polls the official status page every few minutes from multiple global locations. Crowdsourced user reports provide an additional early-warning signal, often surfacing issues before the official monitors catch them.

Is it down for everyone or just me?

The outage map and region breakdown help answer this. If reports are concentrated in one area it may be regional; if hotspots appear globally it's a widespread outage. Submit your own report to help others understand the scope.

What does "never acknowledged" mean?

"Never acknowledged" means Pulsetic detected a real service disruption, confirmed by multiple user reports, but the official status page never posted an incident for it. This is one of the core reasons teams use third-party monitoring alongside official status pages.

ACTIVE INCIDENT DETECTED

Buffer is
experiencing issues.

Pulsetic detects outages before the provider officially reports them. Monitoring since Feb 2026 · 56 incidents caught

Last checked: just now · 1 user report (24h) · Trusted by 30,000+ teams

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MINOR · INVESTIGATING

Degraded Performance

Started 1 month ago · Jul 21, 2026 · 1:40 PM UTC

We’re currently experiencing loading the channels sidebar in Buffer, which may affect your app performance. Our team is aware of the issue and is working to resolve it as quickly as possible. We’ll keep you updated on our progress and apologise for the disruption.

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User Reports: Last 24 Hours
1 report

Bars represent 20-min intervals. Occasional spikes may reflect individual issues, not widespread outages.

Outage Map
1 report (24h)

Reports by region (last 24h)

North America 1 (100%)

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Top reported issues

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Service outage 1

Degraded performance 0

Error messages 0

Timeouts / no response 0

Authentication issues 0

Network / connectivity issues 0

Feature not working 0

API errors 0

Billing or usage issues 0

Other 0

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Issue breakdown
1 total vote

Distribution of reported issues over the last 24 hours.

Service outage 100%

Degraded performance 0%

Error messages 0%

Timeouts / no response 0%

Authentication issues 0%

Network / connectivity issues 0%

Feature not working 0%

API errors 0%

Billing or usage issues 0%

Other 0%

Last 90 days

90-Day Health Summary

Total Incidents

21

Since Feb 2026
Major / Critical

9

9 high-impact incidents
Minor Incidents

12

Avg. 0.1 per day
Median Resolution

1h 53m

P95: 145h 31m

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Recent Outage History

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Incident	Started	Duration	Impact	Status	Link
Degraded Performance	Aug 28, 2026 · 1:45 PM	2h 30m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Some customers unable to log in	Aug 26, 2026 · 11:29 PM	4h 18m	Major	Resolved	Details →
Issue Publishing Posts to TikTok	Aug 24, 2026 · 6:04 PM	1h 17m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Issue with updating the payment method and billing information in your Buffer account.	Aug 19, 2026 · 8:34 AM	1h 3m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Buffer Login Disruption	Aug 9, 2026 · 10:00 PM	6h 52m	Major	Resolved	Details →
Issue with approval notification emails	Aug 7, 2026 · 4:56 AM	55m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Issues with publishing posts to Pinterest	Aug 5, 2026 · 10:30 AM	9m	None	Resolved	Details →
Issue Publishing Posts to Facebook	Jul 29, 2026 · 12:28 PM	23h 5m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Degraded Performance	Jul 21, 2026 · 1:40 PM	Ongoing	Minor	Investigating	Details →
Issue Publishing Video Posts to Instagram and Threads	Jul 19, 2026 · 9:06 AM	55m	Major	Resolved	Details →

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Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Buffer down today?

Check the status badge at the top of this page for the current status. Pulsetic polls the official status page every few minutes and cross-references with user reports to give you the most accurate picture.
How often does Buffer go down?

Based on our 90-day data, we've detected 21 incidents, of which 9 were major or critical. The median resolution time is 1h 53m.
How are outages detected?

Pulsetic polls the official status page every few minutes from multiple global locations. Crowdsourced user reports provide an additional early-warning signal, often surfacing issues before the official monitors catch them.
Is it down for everyone or just me?

The outage map and region breakdown help answer this. If reports are concentrated in one area it may be regional; if hotspots appear globally it's a widespread outage. Submit your own report to help others understand the scope.
What does "never acknowledged" mean?

"Never acknowledged" means Pulsetic detected a real service disruption, confirmed by multiple user reports, but the official status page never posted an incident for it. This is one of the core reasons teams use third-party monitoring alongside official status pages.

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