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Recent outages & incidents
Past 90 days- PublishingFacebook
Timeline · 2 updates
- monitoring · Jul 29, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Status: 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. Affected components Publishing (Degraded performance) Facebook (Degraded performance)
- resolved · Jul 30, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC
Status: Resolved Thank you for all your patience with us as we continued to monitor the fix that was put in place yesterday over that small number of Facebook posts that failed. We have fully resolved this incident now, and after monitoring for the past 24 hours, we're fully confident everything is back to normal. Apologies again for any inconvenience that may have been created through this temporary issue. Affected components Facebook (Operational) Publishing (Operational)
Latest: Status: Resolved Thank you for all your patience with us as we continued to monitor the fix that was put in place yesterday over that small number of Facebook posts that failed. We…
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- Channel connectionsSettings
Timeline · 1 update
- investigating · Jul 21, 2026, 01:40 PM UTC
Status: 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. Affected components Channel connections (Degraded performance) Settings (Degraded performance)
Latest: Status: 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 r…
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- CommunityThreads
Timeline · 3 updates
- investigating · Jul 13, 2026, 08:48 AM UTC
Status: 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. Affected components Community (Partial outage) Threads (Partial outage)
- identified · Jul 13, 2026, 10:39 AM UTC
Status: 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. Affected components Threads (Degraded performance) Community (Degraded performance)
- resolved · Jul 19, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC
Status: Resolved This issue has been resolved, and new Threads comments should now be delivered normally. Our backup mechanism has also recovered recent comments that were delayed during the incident. We sincerely apologise for the disruption. Affected components Threads (Operational) Community (Operational)
Latest: Status: Resolved This issue has been resolved, and new Threads comments should now be delivered normally. Our backup mechanism has also recovered recent comments that were delayed …
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- PublishingInstagramThreads
Timeline · 3 updates
- identified · Jul 19, 2026, 09:06 AM UTC
Status: 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. Affected components Publishing (Partial outage) Threads (Partial outage) Instagram (Partial outage)
- monitoring · Jul 19, 2026, 09:54 AM UTC
Status: 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. Affected components Threads (Partial outage) Instagram (Partial outage) Publishing (Partial outage)
- resolved · Jul 19, 2026, 10:01 AM UTC
Status: Resolved This issue has now been fully resolved, and video posts to Instagram and Threads are publishing normally again. Any failed posts can be retried from the queue. Once again, we sincerely apologise for the disruption. Affected components Instagram (Operational) Publishing (Operational) Threads (Operational)
Latest: Status: Resolved This issue has now been fully resolved, and video posts to Instagram and Threads are publishing normally again. Any failed posts can be retried from the queue. Onc…
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- Settings
Timeline · 6 updates
- investigating · Jul 14, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC
Status: 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. Affected components Settings (Partial outage)
- identified · Jul 14, 2026, 12:30 PM UTC
Status: 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/. Affected components Settings (Partial outage)
- monitoring · Jul 14, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC
Status: 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. Affected components Settings (Operational)
- identified · Jul 14, 2026, 03:01 PM UTC
Status: 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. Affected components Settings (Operational)
- monitoring · Jul 14, 2026, 04:46 PM UTC
Status: 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. Affected components Settings (Operational)
- resolved · Jul 14, 2026, 07:18 PM UTC
Status: Resolved The Help Center issues have been resolved by the third-party app and is fully operational again. Thank you for your patience! Affected components Settings (Operational)
Latest: Status: Resolved The Help Center issues have been resolved by the third-party app and is fully operational again. Thank you for your patience! Affected components Settings (Operati…
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- Issue Publishing Posts to Facebook ResolvedStarted Jul 30, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC · Resolved Jul 30, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC · —
- Degraded Performance ResolvedStarted Jul 21, 2026, 01:40 PM UTC · Resolved Jul 21, 2026, 03:19 PM UTC · 1h 38m
- Issue with Threads comments ResolvedStarted Jul 19, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC · Resolved Jul 19, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC · —
- Started Jul 19, 2026, 10:01 AM UTC · Resolved Jul 19, 2026, 10:01 AM UTC · —
- Issue with Help Center ResolvedStarted Jul 14, 2026, 07:18 PM UTC · Resolved Jul 14, 2026, 07:18 PM UTC · —
- Issue Publishing Posts to LinkedIn ResolvedStarted Jul 14, 2026, 06:39 AM UTC · Resolved Jul 14, 2026, 07:55 AM UTC · 1h 16m
- Degraded Performance ResolvedStarted Jul 09, 2026, 04:43 PM UTC · Resolved Jul 09, 2026, 04:43 PM UTC · —
- Buffer MCP returning a 404 Error ResolvedStarted Jul 06, 2026, 07:20 PM UTC · Resolved Jul 06, 2026, 07:20 PM UTC · —