Descript experienced a minor incident on April 16, 2026 affecting Transcription, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Transcription
Update timeline
- investigating Apr 16, 2026, 06:18 PM UTC
Status: Investigating We have detected a problem and are investigating the underlying issue. Affected components Transcription (Full outage)
- identified Apr 16, 2026, 06:50 PM UTC
Status: Identified We have identified that the root cause of the issue is with one of our transcription pipelines and have routed transcription to different providers until a full resolution is in place. Affected components Transcription (Degraded performance)
- resolved Apr 16, 2026, 08:19 PM UTC
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Transcription (Operational)