Descript experienced a minor incident on March 12, 2026 affecting Media Playback, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Mar 12, 2026, 07:25 PM UTC
Status: Investigating We have detected a problem with the playback of project files and are investigating the underlying issue. Affected components Media Playback (Degraded performance)
- investigating Mar 12, 2026, 07:29 PM UTC
Status: Investigating We have detected a problem and are investigating the underlying issue. Affected components Media Playback (Full outage)
- identified Mar 12, 2026, 07:35 PM UTC
Status: Identified We have identified the underlying issue and are working to restore functionality. Affected components Media Playback (Full outage)
- monitoring Mar 12, 2026, 07:46 PM UTC
Status: Monitoring Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational. Affected components Media Playback (Full outage)
- resolved Mar 12, 2026, 08:02 PM UTC
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Media Playback (Operational)