OutageDB

Descript outage history and status

Is Descript down right now?

No
All Systems Operational Official status as of Oct 26, 2026, 15:09 UTC (refreshing…)
99.59%
uptime, 90 days
13
incidents, 90 days
54 min
median time to fix
Oct 26, 2026
last incident

Descript components

Descript outage history

Nov: 0 incidents, 0 min of major outage Nov Dec: 0 incidents, 0 min of major outage Dec Jan: 0 incidents, 0 min of major outage Jan Feb: 0 incidents, 0 min of major outage Feb Mar: 0 incidents, 0 min of major outage Mar Apr: 0 incidents, 0 min of major outage Apr May: 0 incidents, 0 min of major outage May Jun: 5 incidents, 118 min of major outage 5 Jun Jul: 8 incidents, 312 min of major outage 8 Jul Aug: 4 incidents, 28 min of major outage 4 Aug Sep: 8 incidents, 502 min of major outage 8 Sep Oct: 1 incidents, 0 min of major outage 1 Oct
Descript incidents per month, last 12 months. Red: months with a major or critical outage.
Started (UTC)IncidentImpactDuration
Oct 26, 2026, 13:50 UTC Generate Layout is down Major —
Sep 29, 2026, 18:12 UTC Transcription jobs failing Major 54 min
Sep 15, 2026, 15:17 UTC Issues with Project Sync Minor 3 h 01 min
Sep 14, 2026, 13:09 UTC Rooms Recording Outage Critical 36 min
Sep 10, 2026, 23:15 UTC Underlord Minor 16 h 07 min
Sep 10, 2026, 21:18 UTC Backend Workflow Outage Minor 2 h 36 min
Sep 4, 2026, 22:51 UTC Video playback freezing when exporting or publishing Minor 47 min
Sep 4, 2026, 13:53 UTC Some Transcription requests are failing Major 3 h 07 min
Sep 4, 2026, 01:31 UTC Avatar generation is unavailable Critical 3 h 46 min
Aug 24, 2026, 18:56 UTC Share Page Outage Major —
Aug 18, 2026, 18:45 UTC Help Center temporarily down Minor 44 min
Aug 14, 2026, 20:01 UTC Audition + AAF Timeline export unavailable Minor 1 h 17 min
Aug 5, 2026, 19:29 UTC Rooms Outage Critical 28 min
Jul 27, 2026, 16:37 UTC Issue with uploads to media library Major 17 min
Jul 23, 2026, 00:20 UTC Video Regenerate failing for some users Critical 2 h 27 min
Jul 22, 2026, 13:01 UTC Video files appear frozen or low FPS after import Minor 8 h 45 min
Jul 21, 2026, 19:01 UTC SquadCast recordings intermittently failing Major 40 min
Jul 21, 2026, 16:37 UTC Issues with Media Playback Minor 5 h 26 min
Jul 14, 2026, 12:10 UTC Playback Failures Critical 1 h 05 min
Jul 10, 2026, 18:00 UTC Unplanned Underlord Outage Critical 44 min
Jul 8, 2026, 18:50 UTC Error when trying to initiate recording Minor 49 min
Jun 18, 2026, 20:35 UTC Projects reverting to earlier revisions after reopening Minor 1 h 17 min
Jun 18, 2026, 20:28 UTC Unable to start join sessions Critical 32 min
Jun 16, 2026, 23:10 UTC Rooms sessions unable to upload successfully Critical 33 min
Jun 11, 2026, 16:47 UTC Elevated Publishing Errors Major 53 min

26 incidents in our archive since June 10, 2026.

When and where Descript fails

By weekday

Most incidents start on Tue.

  • Mon4
  • Tue7
  • Wed4
  • Thu6
  • Fri5
  • Sat0
  • Sun0

When Descript went down with others

Other ai services

FAQ

Is Descript down right now?
At our last check Descript's official status page reported: All Systems Operational. This page refreshes the status every few minutes.
How often does Descript go down?
Descript reported 13 incidents in the last 90 days (7 major or critical), with 531 minutes of major outage: 99.59% uptime.
When was the last Descript outage?
The latest reported incident started on Oct 26, 2026, 13:50 UTC: "Generate Layout is down", resolved after —.
How long do Descript outages last?
Half of Descript's incidents in the last 90 days were resolved within 54 min.

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