Substack experienced a major incident on January 21, 2025 affecting Substack publications and Writer dashboards and 1 more component, lasting 52m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Substack publicationsWriter dashboardsSubstack.comCustom domains
Update timeline
- investigating Jan 21, 2025, 11:44 PM UTC
We are investigating reports of increased latency and errors for Substack.com, publication websites, and the Substack app.
- investigating Jan 21, 2025, 11:48 PM UTC
We are continuing to investigate reports of increased latency and errors for all Substack websites and applications.
- identified Jan 22, 2025, 12:12 AM UTC
We have identified the issue and are beginning to see recovery across all Substack websites and applications.
- monitoring Jan 22, 2025, 12:20 AM UTC
Substack websites and applications are fully operational and our team is monitoring.
- resolved Jan 22, 2025, 12:36 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.