Discord Status · History · Incident #2168

RESOLVED

Increased API Errors

Major · Started May 8, 2026 · 12:08 PM

  • Duration

    3h 29m

  • Severity

    Major

  • Detection lead

  • User reports

Summary

Increased API Errors

All critical functionalities have recovered for all users.


  • Started

    May 8, 2026 · 12:08 PM

  • Resolved

    May 8, 2026 · 3:38 PM

  • Duration

    3h 29m

  • Severity

    Major

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

  • Investigating

    May 8 · 12:08 PM Discord

    We're investgating errors in our API systems.

  • Identified

    May 8 · 12:24 PM Discord

    We have identified the issue. Many users are unable to start their sessions at this time

  • Identified

    May 8 · 12:56 PM Discord

    We are continuing to work to remediate the issues impacting availability for some Discord users. This is causing impact across our service, including logging in and sending messages.

  • Monitoring

    May 8 · 1:16 PM Discord

    We are seeing significant recovery at this time. We are continue to restore ancillary services and we are metering in traffic as users reconnect.

  • Identified

    May 8 · 1:19 PM Discord

    We are beginning to see recovery on our systems and are continuing recovery operations to get the service into a fully healthy state

  • Identified

    May 8 · 2:08 PM Discord

    We are continuing to see recovery on our systems and are continuing recovery operations to get the service into a fully healthy state

  • Identified

    May 8 · 2:47 PM Discord

    Users are able to connect to the platform, and we are working on recovering some features

  • Resolved

    May 8 · 3:38 PM Discord

    All critical functionalities have recovered for all users.

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