Descript experienced a minor incident on May 1, 2026 affecting Generated speech, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Generated speech
Update timeline
- investigating May 01, 2026, 01:24 AM UTC
Status: Investigating Some users are seeing that attempts to generate AI Speech are failing (including text-to-speech with stock voices). We are currently investigating the root cause and are working to try and find a resolution. Affected components Generated speech (Degraded performance)
- monitoring May 01, 2026, 01:41 AM UTC
Status: Monitoring Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational. Affected components Generated speech (Degraded performance)
- resolved May 01, 2026, 02:02 AM UTC
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Generated speech (Operational)