Descript incident

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Descript experienced a minor incident on August 18, 2026 affecting Zendesk, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 18, 2026, 07:30 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 18, 2026, 07:30 PM UTC
Duration
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 18, 2026, 07:30 PM UTC

Affected components

Zendesk

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 18, 2026, 06:45 PM UTC

    Status: Investigating We have reports that the help center is unavailable for some users. We are currently in the process of updating our support infrastructure. If this happens to you, please refresh your page and/or clear your browsers cache. We will update as soon as the update is complete. Affected components Zendesk (Degraded performance)

  2. monitoring Aug 18, 2026, 07:25 PM UTC

    Status: Monitoring Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational. If you are experiencing issues, please delete site data and close your browser completely and try again. Affected components Zendesk (Operational)

  3. resolved Aug 18, 2026, 09:25 PM UTC

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