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HelpScout is operational right now. Last checked 3m ago; the most recent incident resolved 5d ago.

Real-time HelpScout status, recent outages, and incident history — pulled directly from HelpScout's official status page at https://status.helpscout.com every 5 minutes. Pingoru tracks 13 HelpScout services and has captured 12 incidents in the last 90 days (98.12% uptime). Get email, Slack, Discord, or webhook alerts the moment HelpScout reports a new incident — free for 5 monitors, no credit card.

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Recent outages & incidents

Past 90 days
  1. Resolved 1h 1m
    Started Jul 24, 2026, 10:08 PM UTC · Resolved Jul 24, 2026, 11:09 PM UTC
    Mailbox counts, folders, reports, search results
    Timeline · 4 updates
    • investigating · Jul 24, 2026, 10:08 PM UTC

      We’re currently investigating reports of issues with delayed Inbox folder counts, folders and search results. We will continue to update as we have more information.

    • monitoring · Jul 24, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC

      Our team has implemented a fix for these issues impacting folder counts and Inbox performance. We're hoping to move this to Resolved soon, folks.

    • monitoring · Jul 24, 2026, 10:45 PM UTC

      We're still experiencing a bit of degraded performance around folder counts while the system continues to catch up. We appreciate your continued patience and will update you all just as soon as we've got this under control.

    • resolved · Jul 24, 2026, 11:09 PM UTC

      Folder counts and updates in your Inbox should be working as expected again! Thanks for your patience today folks, we're going to close this one out.

    Latest: Folder counts and updates in your Inbox should be working as expected again! Thanks for your patience today folks, we're going to close this one out.

  2. Resolved 6h 43m
    Started Jul 14, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC · Resolved Jul 14, 2026, 07:00 PM UTC
    Web AppDocs Sites
    Timeline · 5 updates
    • investigating · Jul 14, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC

      We are currently investigating an issue that is causing Help Scout Docs sites to not load. We will update here as soon as we have more information to share.

    • monitoring · Jul 14, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC

      Docs sites are back to loading, and our team is monitoring things at this time. We will update again when we're sure things are all resolved.

    • identified · Jul 14, 2026, 02:23 PM UTC

      Some Docs sites are still experiencing intermittent loading issues, and our team is actively working on a fix. We'll post an update as soon as we have more to share.

    • monitoring · Jul 14, 2026, 03:44 PM UTC

      Docs sites are once again back to loading, and our team is monitoring things at this time. We will provide another updat when things are fully resolved.

    • resolved · Jul 14, 2026, 07:00 PM UTC

      Help Scout Docs is fully operational - we’re closing this out. Thank you for your patience while we worked on this one!

    Latest: Help Scout Docs is fully operational - we’re closing this out. Thank you for your patience while we worked on this one!

  3. Resolved 2h 16m
    Started Jul 09, 2026, 02:59 PM UTC · Resolved Jul 09, 2026, 05:15 PM UTC
    Web AppAI DraftsAI AnswersAI SummarizeAI Assist
    Timeline · 3 updates
    • investigating · Jul 09, 2026, 02:59 PM UTC

      We’re currently investigating reports of customers having trouble accessing Help Scout. We will continue to update as we have more information.

    • monitoring · Jul 09, 2026, 03:34 PM UTC

      The issues accessing Help Scout have resolved. Our Engineering Team is continuing to monitor the situation and investigate the cause.

    • resolved · Jul 09, 2026, 05:15 PM UTC

      Access issues have been fully resolved, and this incident is now closed. Sorry for any inconvenience this caused, and thank you for your patience.

    Latest: Access issues have been fully resolved, and this incident is now closed. Sorry for any inconvenience this caused, and thank you for your patience.

  4. Resolved 3h 55m
    Started Jul 06, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC · Resolved Jul 06, 2026, 03:27 PM UTC
    Web App
    Timeline · 3 updates
    • investigating · Jul 06, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC

      We’re currently investigating an issue affecting Automatic Workflows. We'll post an update as soon as we have more to share. Thank you for your patience.

    • monitoring · Jul 06, 2026, 01:26 PM UTC

      The root cause has been discovered and fixed. New conversations are being processed correctly by automatic workflows. We're looking into the missed conversations that should have triggered workflows, and we'll post an update when we have more information. Thanks again for your patience and sorry for the disruption today.

    • resolved · Jul 06, 2026, 03:27 PM UTC

      Between 07:16–08:07 UTC some conversations were not processed by automatic workflows, as a result some conversations may not have expected automated actions performed on them. The issue is now resolved and automatic workflows are working normally. Affected conversations will require manual action(s) to be taken. If you'd like extra support, please email our team: [email protected]

    Latest: Between 07:16–08:07 UTC some conversations were not processed by automatic workflows, as a result some conversations may not have expected automated actions performed on them. The …

  5. Resolved 3h 7m
    Started Jun 30, 2026, 07:40 AM UTC · Resolved Jun 30, 2026, 10:47 AM UTC
    Mailbox counts, folders, reports, search results
    Timeline · 4 updates
    • investigating · Jun 30, 2026, 07:40 AM UTC

      We’re currently investigating an issue affecting report exports. We'll post an update as soon as we have more to share. Thank you for your patience.

    • identified · Jun 30, 2026, 08:32 AM UTC

      We've identified the cause of the report export delays, and our team is actively working on a fix. Report exports remain delayed while we work on this. We'll post another update as soon as the fix is in place. Thank you for your continued patience.

    • monitoring · Jun 30, 2026, 09:43 AM UTC

      A fix is in place, and report exports are processing normally again. Exports that were delayed during the disruption are being cleared, and new requests are being delivered as expected. We're continuing to monitor to ensure everything remains stable, and we'll post a final update once we've confirmed the issue is fully resolved.

    • resolved · Jun 30, 2026, 10:47 AM UTC

      This incident has been resolved. Report exports are processing normally again. If you continue to experience issues, please email us at [email protected], and we'll investigate. Thank you for your patience today.

    Latest: This incident has been resolved. Report exports are processing normally again. If you continue to experience issues, please email us at [email protected], and we'll investigate. T…

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