Descript Outage History
Uptime record, past incidents, and downtime history for Descript.
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90-Day Trend
Monthly Uptime
| Month | Uptime | Days Tracked | Days with Issues |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | 88.9% | 9 | 1 |
| June 2026 | 73.3% | 30 | 8 |
| May 2026 | 87.1% | 31 | 4 |
| April 2026 | 66.7% | 21 | 7 |
Uptime is calculated from daily worst-status snapshots. A day with any non-operational status counts as a day with issues.
Daily Status (Last 91 Days)
Apr 10
Today
Operational
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Partial Outage
Major Outage
Maintenance
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Incident History
July 2026
Error when trying to initiate recording
Started: Jul 8, 6:50 PM
monitoring
Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational.
Jul 8, 7:07 PM
investigating
Some users are receiving a “Recorder video failed to initialize assets” error when initiating recordings with both the Editor and Screen recorders.
Jul 8, 6:50 PM
June 2026
Projects reverting to earlier revisions after reopening
Started: Jun 18, 8:35 PM
investigating
Some users are seeing a collaborator sync issue where opening a project causes it to revert to an earlier version.
We are currently investigating the underlying issue.
Jun 18, 8:35 PM
Unable to start join sessions
Started: Jun 18, 8:28 PM
monitoring
Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational.
Jun 18, 8:44 PM
investigating
We have detected a problem preventing hosts and guests from joining Rooms sessions, and we are currently investigating
Jun 18, 8:28 PM
Rooms sessions unable to upload successfully
Started: Jun 16, 11:10 PM
monitoring
Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational.
Jun 16, 11:20 PM
investigating
We have detected a problem with the upload of Rooms sessions and are investigating the underlying issue.
Jun 16, 11:15 PM
investigating
We have detected a problem preventing users from being able to start and maintain successful Rooms sessions. We are investigating the underlying issue.
Jun 16, 11:10 PM
Elevated Publishing Errors
Started: Jun 11, 4:47 PM
monitoring
Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational.
Jun 11, 4:55 PM
investigating
We are investigating an issue where publishing fails. We are actively investigating and will update as soon as we have more information.
Jun 11, 4:47 PM
Projects failing to publish
Started: Jun 10, 8:29 PM
monitoring
Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational.
Jun 10, 8:34 PM
investigating
We have detected a problem causing some publishes to fail and are investigating the underlying issue.
Jun 10, 8:29 PM
AI Speech generation failing for some stock voices
Started: Jun 8, 5:12 PM
monitoring
Functionality has recovered, and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational.
Jun 8, 6:38 PM
investigating
AI Speech is failing to generate for some stock speakers. We are currently investigating the root cause and working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
Jun 8, 5:12 PM
Multiple AI Actions failing
Started: Jun 8, 4:57 PM
monitoring
Functionality has been restored, and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational.
Jun 8, 6:40 PM
investigating
A number of AI Actions (including all Repurpose and Publish actions), users are receiving an error message that inaccurately states that the feature needs spoken content, even in compositions with enough dialogue.
As a workaround, users can prompt Underlord to execute those actions.
We are currently investigating the root cause and working to restore functionality.
Jun 8, 4:57 PM
Descript website is down
Started: Jun 7, 8:30 PM
monitoring
Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational.
Jun 7, 9:01 PM
investigating
We have detected a problem with the main website and are investigating the underlying issue. At this time, [web.descript.com](http://web.descript.com "web.descript.com") appears to be functional.
Jun 7, 8:30 PM
Speaker Detection is failing
Started: Jun 7, 1:49 AM
monitoring
Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational.
Jun 7, 2:29 AM
investigating
We have detected an issue with Speaker Detection and are investigating the underlying issue.
Jun 7, 1:49 AM
Captions and layers are not rendering when exported
Started: Jun 2, 10:20 PM
monitoring
Jun 2, 11:07 PM
investigating
Jun 2, 10:20 PM
May 2026
Descript.com and sub pages are currently down
Started: May 27, 4:54 PM
monitoring
May 27, 4:57 PM
identified
May 27, 4:55 PM
investigating
May 27, 4:54 PM
Agent Underlord - 400 Errors
Started: May 27, 4:16 PM
identified
May 27, 5:21 PM
investigating
May 27, 4:16 PM
Difficulties with making new MCP connections
Started: May 22, 6:14 PM
monitoring
May 22, 6:42 PM
investigating
May 22, 6:14 PM
Stock Media unavailable
Started: May 22, 1:08 AM
investigating
May 22, 1:08 AM
Delays in playback
Started: May 21, 12:59 PM
monitoring
May 21, 2:17 PM
identified
May 21, 1:51 PM
investigating
May 21, 1:30 PM
investigating
May 21, 12:59 PM
Audio missing from exported projects
Started: May 1, 2:51 PM
monitoring
May 1, 5:12 PM
investigating
May 1, 2:51 PM
AI Speech failing for some users
Started: May 1, 1:24 AM
investigating
May 1, 1:24 AM
April 2026
Underlord is down for users
Started: Apr 21, 5:46 PM
monitoring
Apr 21, 6:11 PM
investigating
Apr 21, 6:00 PM
investigating
Apr 21, 5:46 PM
Issues with connecting to Rooms/SquadCast sessions
Started: Apr 17, 3:53 PM
monitoring
Apr 17, 8:11 PM
identified
Apr 17, 5:37 PM
investigating
Apr 17, 3:53 PM
Transcription Outage
Started: Apr 16, 6:18 PM
identified
Apr 16, 6:50 PM
investigating
Apr 16, 6:18 PM
Some users are unable to start Recordings
Started: Apr 16, 4:24 PM
monitoring
Apr 16, 7:36 PM
identified
Apr 16, 5:22 PM
investigating
Apr 16, 4:24 PM
Errors in Publishing
Started: Apr 14, 3:07 PM
monitoring
Apr 15, 3:07 AM
identified
Apr 14, 4:48 PM
investigating
Apr 14, 3:07 PM
Publishing is delayed
Started: Apr 13, 7:36 PM
monitoring
Apr 15, 10:44 PM
resolved
Apr 14, 12:09 AM
monitoring
Apr 13, 11:38 PM
identified
Apr 13, 7:36 PM
Drive project search does not work
Started: Apr 10, 6:51 PM
identified
Apr 10, 6:57 PM
investigating
Apr 10, 6:51 PM
Edit in Descript - Third Party Import Errors
Started: Apr 3, 12:01 AM
monitoring
Apr 3, 12:32 AM
identified
Apr 3, 12:12 AM
investigating
Apr 3, 12:01 AM
Playback errors on Share pages and embedded videos
Started: Apr 2, 5:12 PM
monitoring
Apr 2, 5:12 PM
March 2026
Playback Errors Affecting Projects
Started: Mar 17, 9:32 PM
monitoring
Mar 17, 9:44 PM
investigating
Mar 17, 9:33 PM
investigating
Mar 17, 9:32 PM
Issues with playback
Started: Mar 12, 7:25 PM
monitoring
Mar 12, 7:46 PM
identified
Mar 12, 7:35 PM
investigating
Mar 12, 7:29 PM
investigating
Mar 12, 7:25 PM
Degraded Media Understanding performance
Started: Mar 11, 4:45 PM
investigating
Mar 11, 4:45 PM