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Descript is operational right now. Last checked 7m ago; the most recent incident resolved 2d ago.
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Recent outages & incidents
Past 90 days- Agent
Timeline · 2 updates
- monitoring · Sep 10, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC
Status: Monitoring Some users were receiving an “HTTP 500 Internal server error” when trying to use Underlord. Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational. If the issue continues occurring, please change the Underlord model from Auto (App Settings > General), and retry the same prompt. Affected components Agent (Degraded performance)
- resolved · Sep 11, 2026, 03:22 PM UTC
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Agent (Operational)
Latest: Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Agent (Operational)
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- Transcription
Timeline · 3 updates
- investigating · Sep 10, 2026, 09:18 PM UTC
Status: Investigating We have detected a problem with some of our backend workflows like transcription and we are investigating the underlying issue. Affected components Transcription (Degraded performance)
- monitoring · Sep 10, 2026, 09:26 PM UTC
Status: Monitoring Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational. Affected components Transcription (Operational)
- resolved · Sep 10, 2026, 11:54 PM UTC
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Transcription (Operational)
Latest: Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Transcription (Operational)
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- Export
Timeline · 2 updates
- monitoring · Sep 04, 2026, 10:51 PM UTC
Status: Monitoring We identified an issue causing video playback to freeze when exporting or publishing. Functionality is fully restored at this point, and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational. If you encountered this issue, please retry the export or publish, and it should work normally now. Affected components Export (Degraded performance)
- resolved · Sep 04, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Export (Operational)
Latest: Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Export (Operational)
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- Transcription
Timeline · 3 updates
- investigating · Sep 04, 2026, 01:53 PM UTC
Status: Investigating We have detected a problem and are investigating the underlying issue. Affected components Transcription (Partial outage)
- monitoring · Sep 04, 2026, 02:09 PM UTC
Status: Monitoring Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational. Affected components Transcription (Partial outage)
- resolved · Sep 04, 2026, 05:00 PM UTC
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Transcription (Operational)
Latest: Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Transcription (Operational)
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- Avatars
Timeline · 4 updates
- investigating · Sep 04, 2026, 01:31 AM UTC
Status: Investigating Avatar generations are currently failing due to a 3rd party outage. We're currently awaiting an update from them. Affected components Avatars (Full outage)
- monitoring · Sep 04, 2026, 04:46 AM UTC
Status: Monitoring Our 3rd party service appears to be back online and avatar generations have been succeeding in the last hour. We're monitoring that recovery holds. Affected components Avatars (Full outage)
- resolved · Sep 04, 2026, 05:17 AM UTC
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Avatars (Operational)
- resolved · Sep 04, 2026, 05:17 AM UTC
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Avatars (Operational)
Latest: Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Avatars (Operational)
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See the full Descript outage history
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- Underlord ResolvedStarted Sep 11, 2026, 03:22 PM UTC · Resolved Sep 11, 2026, 03:22 PM UTC · —
- Backend Workflow Outage ResolvedStarted Sep 10, 2026, 11:54 PM UTC · Resolved Sep 10, 2026, 11:54 PM UTC · —
- Started Sep 04, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC · Resolved Sep 04, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC · —
- Started Sep 04, 2026, 05:00 PM UTC · Resolved Sep 04, 2026, 05:00 PM UTC · —
- Avatar generation is unavailable ResolvedStarted Sep 04, 2026, 05:17 AM UTC · Resolved Sep 04, 2026, 05:17 AM UTC · —
- Share Page Outage ResolvedStarted Aug 24, 2026, 05:15 PM UTC · Resolved Aug 24, 2026, 05:15 PM UTC · —
- Help Center temporarily down ResolvedStarted Aug 18, 2026, 07:30 PM UTC · Resolved Aug 18, 2026, 07:30 PM UTC · —
- Started Aug 14, 2026, 09:17 PM UTC · Resolved Aug 14, 2026, 09:17 PM UTC · —