Substack incident

Substack increased latency and error rate

Critical Resolved View vendor source →

Substack experienced a critical incident on August 23, 2024 affecting Substack publications and Writer dashboards and 1 more component, lasting 1h 29m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 23, 2024, 05:36 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 23, 2024, 07:06 PM UTC
Duration
1h 29m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 23, 2024, 05:36 PM UTC

Affected components

Substack publicationsWriter dashboardsSubstack.com

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 23, 2024, 05:36 PM UTC

    We are investigating reports of increased errors and Latency from all Substack services.

  2. investigating Aug 23, 2024, 05:50 PM UTC

    We have identified the cause of the issue and are working toward resolution. At this time Substack is experiencing degraded performance across the web and Substack app. We are working to resolve as soon as possible.

  3. identified Aug 23, 2024, 06:05 PM UTC

    We are continuing to work toward resolution. At this time Substack is experiencing degraded performance across the web and Substack app. We are working to resolve as soon as possible.

  4. identified Aug 23, 2024, 06:29 PM UTC

    We are continuing to work toward resolution and anticipate recovery starting shortly. At this time Substack is experiencing degraded performance across the web and Substack app. We are working to resolve as soon as possible.

  5. identified Aug 23, 2024, 06:35 PM UTC

    We are beginning to see recovery across Substack. We are continuing to work toward full resolution.

  6. monitoring Aug 23, 2024, 06:37 PM UTC

    Substack is operating normally. We are continuing to monitor.

  7. resolved Aug 23, 2024, 07:06 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved and Substack is operating normally.