Descript incident
Projects become temporarily unresponsive after making edits
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Mar 03, 2026, 10:37 PM UTC
Status: Investigating Some larger projects are becoming unresponsive for ~20 seconds after making simple edits. Not all projects are affected by this, and the edits are being synced to the cloud successfully. We are currently investigating the underlying issue. Affected components Editing (Degraded performance)
- identified Mar 03, 2026, 10:46 PM UTC
Status: Identified We have identified the underlying issue and are working to restore functionality. Affected components Editing (Degraded performance)
- resolved Mar 04, 2026, 01:15 AM UTC
Status: Resolved We've deployed the fix and the issue is now resolved. Affected components Editing (Operational)
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