Descript incident

Playback errors on Share pages and embedded videos

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

Descript experienced a minor incident on April 2, 2026 affecting Descript web links, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Apr 02, 2026, 06:28 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 02, 2026, 06:28 PM UTC
Duration
—
Detected by Pingoru
Apr 02, 2026, 06:28 PM UTC

Affected components

Descript web links

Update timeline

  1. monitoring Apr 02, 2026, 05:12 PM UTC

    Status: Monitoring We detected playback failures for some published videos, with both embedded videos and on Share pages. A fix to target the root cause has been released, and we are monitoring to ensure full functionality. Affected components Descript web links (Degraded performance)

  2. resolved Apr 02, 2026, 06:28 PM UTC

    Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Descript web links (Operational)