Discord experienced a critical incident on August 4, 2026 affecting API, lasting 1h 27m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
API
Update timeline
- identified Aug 04, 2026, 06:49 PM UTC
We are currently investigating an issue that is impacting users' ability to send direct messages.
- identified Aug 04, 2026, 06:50 PM UTC
We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
- identified Aug 04, 2026, 07:36 PM UTC
We are actively working toward system recovery and will post another update in 10 minutes.
- monitoring Aug 04, 2026, 07:53 PM UTC
We have a fix in place are seeing recovery, although some users may still be seeing impact.
- monitoring Aug 04, 2026, 07:59 PM UTC
We're seeing significant positive impact from our earlier fix; nearly all users should be recovered at this point. We are monitoring closely.
- resolved Aug 04, 2026, 08:17 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.