Buffer Outage History
Daily status observations, past incidents, and reported issue history for Buffer.
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90-Day Trend
Monthly Status Summary
| Month | Issue-free days | Days Tracked | Days with Issues |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 80% | 25 | 5 |
| July 2026 | 61.3% | 31 | 12 |
| June 2026 | 73.3% | 30 | 8 |
| May 2026 | 60% | 5 | 2 |
This percentage summarizes normalized provider-status observations by calendar day. It is not duration-based, component-weighted, or contractual uptime. See the methodology and limitations.
Daily Status (Last 91 Days)
May 27
Today
Operational
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Partial Outage
Major Outage
Maintenance
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Incident History
August 2026
Issue Publishing Posts to TikTok
Started:
monitoring
We're currently seeing issues with publishing to TikTok. This appears to be due to a temporary issue within the TikTok API. After the initial impact, we've already seen the success rate improve. We're continuing to monitor.
Issue with updating the payment method and billing information in your Buffer account.
Started:
monitoring
The issue affecting the billing has been fixed, and we’re keeping an eye on it to ensure it continues to run smoothly. Thank you for your patience as we worked to resolve this issue.
identified
We’ve identified the root cause of the issue affecting the billing page and are working on a fix. We sincerely apologize for the disruption and will continue to update you on our progress.
investigating
Some users are currently experiencing difficulties with updating their payment method and billing information. Our engineering team is currently investigating the cause, and we'll provide updates here as soon as we know more.
Buffer Login Disruption
Started:
monitoring
We’ve implemented a fix and are now monitoring the situation.
We’ve also identified that publishing may have been impacted during this timeframe. If any of your posts failed to publish, retrying them should get them sent out successfully.
If you’re still experiencing any issues, please reach out to us at [hello@buffer.com](mailto:hello@buffer.com). We’ll continue monitoring things closely and will share another update once the incident is fully resolved.
investigating
We’re currently experiencing an issue with Buffer, which is impacting customers' ability to remain logged into Buffer and potentially other aspects of Buffer's functionality. Our team is actively investigating and working to restore full service as quickly as possible. We’ll keep you informed with updates here as we make progress. We sincerely apologize for the disruption.
Issue with approval notification emails
Started:
monitoring
The issue affecting _approval request_ notification emails has been fixed, and we’re keeping an eye on it to ensure it continues to run smoothly. Thank you for your patience as we worked to resolve this issue.
investigating
Some users are currently not receiving email notifications when team members request their approval on post drafts. The approval process is working as usual, this only affects the email notifications. Our engineering team is currently investigating the cause, and we'll provide updates here as soon as we know more.
July 2026
Issue Publishing Posts to Facebook
Started:
monitoring
We identified an issue earlier today that resulted in a small number of failed posts to Facebook, and this has since been fixed.
If your updates were one of the few updates to have failed during this time, please can you retry the failed post again now? It should be working normally once again.
We do apologise for any inconvenience created with this issue.
Degraded Performance
Started:
investigating
We’re currently experiencing loading the channels sidebar in Buffer, which may affect your app performance. Our team is aware of the issue and is working to resolve it as quickly as possible. We’ll keep you updated on our progress and apologise for the disruption.
Issue Publishing Video Posts to Instagram and Threads
Started:
monitoring
Meta has implemented a fix, and video posts to Instagram and Threads appear to be publishing normally again through Buffer. If any of your posts failed, please click **_Retry Now_** in the queue and they should publish successfully. We’re continuing to monitor the situation to confirm the issue is fully resolved.
identified
We’re currently experiencing an issue publishing video posts to Instagram and Threads due to a problem with Meta’s API. Posts with images or no media should continue to publish as normal. We’re working to resolve this as quickly as possible and will continue to share updates here. We sincerely apologise for the disruption.
Issue Publishing Posts to [Social Network]
Started:
monitoring
We’ve identified the cause of the issue preventing Threads and Instagram posts from being published. This is because Meta is returning 500 errors to our requests. Our team is monitoring this will continue to provide updates. Thank you for your patience.
Issue with Help Center
Started:
monitoring
The Help Center is loading again. The third-party tool that we use for hosting it has updated [their status page](https://status.helpscout.com/). We will continue monitoring and share updates here, too.
identified
The third-party tool that hosts our Help Center site is continuing to experience intermittent issues loading. We will continue to monitor [their Status Page](https://status.helpscout.com/) and provide updates here.
monitoring
The Help Center is loading as usual now. The third-party tool that we use for hosting it has updated [their status page](https://status.helpscout.com/), and we’re continuing to watch for any remaining intermittent 404s while Help Scout validate their fix.
identified
The third-party tool (HelpScout) that we use for our Help Center is experiencing issues with their Docs Site. We are seeing some pages begin to recover, and are keeping a close eye on their Status Page [here](https://status.helpscout.com/).
investigating
The Buffer Help Center (support.buffer.com) is currently experiencing issues and leading to a 404 page. We are investigating the cause and will provide updates here.
Issue Publishing Posts to LinkedIn
Started:
investigating
We’re currently investigating an issue causing LinkedIn posts to fail for many users. Our team is actively working to resolve this as quickly as possible. We sincerely apologise for the disruption.
Issue with Threads comments
Started:
identified
We've confirmed that an issue with the Meta API is causing the delay, and we’re working with the Threads/Meta team to restore normal delivery of new comments.
In the meantime, as a mitigation, we’ve enabled a backup mechanism to help recover recent comments. You can also trigger a manual sync by visiting the Threads channel page in Community or clicking **Sync now**.
investigating
We're currently experiencing a delay while updating new comments from Threads API. Our engineering team is currently investigating the cause, and we'll provide updates here as soon as we know more.
Degraded Performance
Started:
monitoring
A fix has been pushed and the process to generate an API Key is working once again. We're keeping a close eye on this to ensure it stays stable.
investigating
We’re currently experiencing an issue with creating new API Keys and are looking into the issue.
Buffer MCP returning a 404 Error
Started:
investigating
Buffer's MCP is currently returning a 404 error for all operations. We're aware of the issue and we're taking steps to resolve. We're hoping things will be back up and working shortly.
June 2026
Issues with YouTube and Google Business Profiles
Started:
monitoring
An update has been implemented, and connecting and publishing to YouTube and Google Business Profiles appear to be functioning normally again. We are closely monitoring the situation to ensure everything remains stable.
Google Business Profile and YouTube API issues
Started:
identified
The Google API is continuing to experience issues. YouTube Shorts are still failing to publish, and users are unable to connect to or refresh YouTube and Google Business Profile channels.
Our apologies for the inconvenience. We’ll continue to monitor the situation and will share another update as soon as more information is available.
identified
We've identified that the Google API is currently experiencing issues.
As a result, we're seeing trouble with new channel connections to Google Business Profiles, as well YouTube channels, too.
Additionally, we have seen a decrease in posts being successfully published to YouTube channels.
We're very sorry for the inconvenience this is creating and as soon as we have any further information we will update accordingly here.
identified
The Youtube API is experiencing issues, which is affecting our ability to connect to Youtube channels and publish Shorts. Our engineering team is currently investigating and will keep this updated.
Issue Connecting Threads
Started:
monitoring
The issue affecting channel connections between Buffer and Threads has been resolved, and we’re monitoring the situation to ensure things continue to run smoothly.
investigating
We’re currently seeing issues connecting Threads accounts to Buffer, and are investigating the cause. We’re sorry for the inconvenience and will continue to share updates here as we have them.
Meta issues impacting Facebook, Instagram and Threads
Started:
identified
We are currently investigating some issues with Meta's API for Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
It appears that Meta is currently running into some difficulties and it will be impacting all services in Buffer related to Facebook, Instagram and Threads. This means we will be seeing issues publishing to these platforms as well issues ingesting data for analytics and comments.
We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience this may be causing, and we will be monitoring things further and hope Me...
investigating
We are currently investigating some issues with Meta's API for Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
It appears that Meta is currently running into some difficulties and it will be impacting all services in Buffer related to Facebook, Instagram and Threads. This means we will be seeing issues publishing to these platforms as well issues ingesting data for analytics and comments.
We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience this may be causing, and we will be monitoring things further and hope M...
Buffer Service Disruption
Started:
monitoring
We've identified the issue, and our team has rolled out a fix. We are now monitoring the system to ensure stability. We will keep an eye on the situation and provide a final update once we verify that everything is continuing to run smoothly.
investigating
We’re currently experiencing an issue with Buffer. Many users are reporting that the Buffer dashboard is not loading. Our team is actively investigating and working to restore full service as quickly as possible. We’ll keep you informed with updates here as we make progress. We sincerely apologize for the disruption.
May 2026
Buffer Stuck Loading
Started:
monitoring
identified
investigating
Buffer Service Disruption
Started:
investigating
Buffer Service Disruption
Started:
monitoring
identified
investigating
Instagram Publishing – Degraded Success Rate
Started:
monitoring
identified
identified
identified
Issue Publishing Posts to TikTok
Started:
monitoring
investigating
Issue Connecting LinkedIn Channels
Started:
investigating
Slowness and intermittent errors in Buffer
Started:
monitoring
identified
monitoring
identified
investigating
Issue Publishing Posts to Instagram, Threads, and Facebook.
Started:
monitoring
investigating
Bluesky is experiencing issues
Started:
identified
Pinterest downtime impacting publishing and connections
Started:
monitoring
identified
Issue Publishing Posts to YouTube
Started:
monitoring
investigating
Issue with Channel Settings
Started:
monitoring
investigating
Issue with Calendar View of Publish Dashboard
Started:
monitoring
identified
Issue Publishing Posts to Instagram and Threads
Started:
monitoring
investigating
April 2026
Issue with Threads comments
Started:
monitoring
identified
investigating
Mastodon.social is experiencing issues
Started:
identified
Bluesky Service Disruption
Started:
monitoring
identified
investigating
Issue Publishing PDF Carousel Posts to LinkedIn
Started:
monitoring
identified
identified
identified
Issue with image cropping
Started:
monitoring
identified
Issue Publishing Image Posts to Instagram and Threads
Started:
investigating
March 2026
Issue Publishing Posts to Pinterest
Started:
identified
investigating
Issue Publishing Posts to TikTok
Started:
monitoring
Degraded Performance
Started:
monitoring
identified
Issue Publishing Posts to TikTok
Started:
investigating
Issue Publishing Video Posts to Bluesky
Started:
monitoring
investigating
Issue Publishing Posts to TikTok
Started:
identified
identified
Issue Publishing Video Posts to Facebook Pages
Started:
identified
investigating