Critical incident

Discord: Messaging failures

Affected: API

Current status of Discord: Operational — live Discord status

Timeline

1. Aug 4, 2026, 18:49 UTC
   identified
   We are currently investigating an issue that is impacting users' ability to send direct messages. Other functionality including interactions, shop, and SDK integrations are also affected.
2. Aug 4, 2026, 18:50 UTC
   identified
   We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
3. Aug 4, 2026, 19:36 UTC
   identified
   We are actively working toward system recovery and will post another update in 10 minutes.
4. Aug 4, 2026, 19:53 UTC
   monitoring
   We have a fix in place are seeing recovery, although some users may still be seeing impact.
5. Aug 4, 2026, 19:59 UTC
   monitoring
   We're seeing significant positive impact from our earlier fix; nearly all users should be recovered at this point. We are monitoring closely.
6. Aug 4, 2026, 20:17 UTC
   resolved
   This incident has been resolved.

Updates as published by Discord (original).