Descript incident

Transcription Outage

Minor Resolved View vendor source →
Started
Apr 16, 2026, 08:19 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 16, 2026, 08:19 PM UTC
Duration
Detected by Pingoru
Apr 16, 2026, 08:19 PM UTC

Affected components

Transcription

Update timeline

  1. 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)

  2. 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)

  3. resolved Apr 16, 2026, 08:19 PM UTC

    Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Transcription (Operational)

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