Slack Status · History · Incident #6406

ACTIVE INCIDENT

Trouble Accessing Historical Messages With Custom Data Retention Policies Enabled

Minor · Started Aug 13, 2026 · 2:21 PM

  • Duration

    Ongoing

  • Severity

    Minor

  • Detection lead

  • User reports

Summary

Trouble Accessing Historical Messages With Custom Data Retention Policies Enabled

<p>Users with custom data retention policies enabled might be unable to see or load older messages. We apologize for the trouble and we'll share more news as it becomes available.</p>


  • Started

    Aug 13, 2026 · 2:21 PM

  • Status

    Investigating

  • Duration

    Ongoing

  • Severity

    Minor

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

  • Investigating

    Aug 13 · 2:21 PM Slack

    <p>Users with custom data retention policies enabled might be unable to see or load older messages. We apologize for the trouble and we'll share more news as it becomes available.</p>

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