Slack Status · History · Incident #6406

RESOLVED

Trouble Accessing Historical Messages With Custom Data Retention Policies Enabled

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

  • Duration

    32d 1h 9m

  • 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

  • Resolved

    Sep 14, 2026 · 3:31 PM

  • Duration

    32d 1h 9m

  • 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>

  • Resolved

    Sep 14 · 3:31 PM Slack

    Incident resolved.

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