Descript Status · History · Incident #5744

RESOLVED

Issues with Media Playback

Minor · Started Jul 21, 2026 · 4:37 PM

Duration

5h 26m
Severity

Minor
Detection lead

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User reports

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Summary

Issues with Media Playback

This issue is now resolved.

Started

Jul 21, 2026 · 4:37 PM
Resolved

Jul 21, 2026 · 10:04 PM
Duration

5h 26m
Severity

Minor

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

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Investigating
Jul 21 · 4:37 PM Descript

The team has detected an issue with playback (freezing, stuttering, poor performance, artifacts, and related symptoms). We are currently investigating.
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Monitoring
Jul 21 · 8:09 PM Descript

Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational.
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Resolved
Jul 22 · 12:04 PM Descript

This issue is now resolved.

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