Descript incident

AI Speech failing for some users

Minor Resolved View vendor source →
Started
May 01, 2026, 02:02 AM UTC
Resolved
May 01, 2026, 02:02 AM UTC
Duration
Detected by Pingoru
May 01, 2026, 02:02 AM UTC

Affected components

Generated speech

Update timeline

  1. 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)

  2. 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)

  3. resolved May 01, 2026, 02:02 AM UTC

    Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Generated speech (Operational)

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