Substack experienced a major incident on February 12, 2026 affecting Substack publications and Writer dashboards and 1 more component, lasting 1h 5m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Substack publicationsWriter dashboardsSubstack.com
Update timeline
- investigating Feb 12, 2026, 11:25 PM UTC
We are currently investigating this issue.
- identified Feb 12, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC
The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
- monitoring Feb 12, 2026, 11:43 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- resolved Feb 13, 2026, 12:31 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.