Descript experienced a minor incident on March 18, 2026 affecting Media Playback, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Mar 17, 2026, 09:32 PM UTC
Status: Investigating Currently investigating an issue that is preventing users from media playback within a project. We're currently investigating the issue and will post updates. Affected components Media Playback (Full outage)
- investigating Mar 17, 2026, 09:33 PM UTC
Status: Investigating We have detected a problem and are investigating the underlying issue. Affected components Media Playback (Full outage)
- monitoring Mar 17, 2026, 09:44 PM UTC
Status: Monitoring Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational. Affected components Media Playback (Operational)
- resolved Mar 18, 2026, 07:48 PM UTC
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Media Playback (Operational)