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Slow behaviour in Slack

Minor Impact Last reported Resolved Notice published: May 4, 2026
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Current answer

Slack experienced a minor incident: Slow behaviour in Slack. The last provider record was marked Resolved; its current state cannot be verified.

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Affected Components
Workflows

Incident Timeline

Update
This issue is now resolved for all users.
Current status and recent actions taken: A fix has been deployed that resolved the underlying cause of this issue. Our health metrics have returned to normal levels and workflows are running as expected.
Scope: Users in the EU region — primarily teams based in Central Europe — experienced elevated workflow failure rates.
Previous impact to end users: Users may have experienced workflows failing to run, with the first step remaining stuck in an initialized state. Some users in the EU region may also have experienced general slowness when using Slack.
Required resolution steps: No steps are required. Workflows should be running normally. If you continue to experience any trouble, please reload Slack using Command + Shift + R (Mac) or Ctrl + Shift + R (Windows/Linux).
We apologize for any disruptions this may have caused to your day.
May 4, 2026 at 5:37 PM UTC
Update
A fix has been deployed to address the elevated latency in EU backend services. The team is monitoring the environment to ensure service stability and full recovery. We'll provide another update as soon as possible.
May 4, 2026 at 1:08 PM UTC
Update
The investigation identified elevated latency in EU backend services as the cause of workflows not completing. A subset of workflow trigger attempts is impacted, primarily, EU users. Pod restarts have stopped, and error rates are improving. A fix is being prepared and will be deployed shortly. We'll provide another update as soon as possible.
May 4, 2026 at 11:43 AM UTC
Update
Some users are experiencing issues with workflows. Triggered workflows may fail to complete, with the first step not executing. We'll provide another update as soon as possible.
May 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM UTC
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