Critical incident

Descript: Avatar Outage

Nov 2, 2026, 18:27 UTC

started

00:04 UTC

resolved November 3, 2026

5 h 37 min

duration

Current status of Descript: Operational — live Descript status

Timeline

Nov 2, 2026, 18:27 UTC
identified
We have identified a downstream issue with models used for the Avatars feature, causing them to be unavailable. We'll provide an update as soon as functionality is restored.
Nov 2, 2026, 22:56 UTC
monitoring
Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational.
Nov 3, 2026, 00:04 UTC
resolved
This issue is now resolved.

Updates as published by Descript.

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