Buffer Outage History
47 incidents recorded over the last 365 days, 47 of them resolved. Durations are measured from when PulsAPI first saw the problem to when it cleared, which is usually longer than the vendor's own figure.
Every Recorded Buffer Incident
| Date | Incident | Duration | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | Issue with "Publish Now" action. The issue with publishing has been fully resolved, and it’s functioning as expected again. If you encounter any further problems, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team. | 55 min | Resolved |
| Nov 2, 2026 | Issue with [Feature]We’re investigating an issue with media processing that is affecting the "Publish Now" action. Our team is working to resolve it, and we’ll share more as we learn more. We’re sorry for the disruption and appreciate your… | 9 min | Resolved |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Degraded PerformanceThe issue that briefly stopped Buffer's publishing tools from loading on the web has been resolved, and the app should now be operating normally. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this issue and thank you for… | 11 min | Resolved |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Buffer Service DisruptionThe issue affecting Buffer has been fully resolved. Our team has confirmed that the service is now operating normally. We apologise for any disruption this may have caused and appreciate your patience throughout the… | 3h 24m | Resolved |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Issue Connecting & Refreshing YouTubeWe have seen that the issues with YouTube connections have returned back to normal levels now, and all new YouTube connections should go through successfully once again, as well as channel reconnections, too. We're… | 27h 5m | Resolved |
| Oct 5, 2026 | Issue Publishing Video Posts to SubstackThe issue with Substack video posts has been fully resolved, and all systems are now operational. If you have experienced failed posts during this time, please click **Retry Now** on each one to try publishing them… | 1 min | Resolved |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Degraded PerformanceWe’re currently experiencing slowness loading Buffer. Our team is aware of the issue and is working to resolve it as quickly as possible. We’ll keep you updated on our progress and apologise for the disruption. | 16 min | Resolved |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Issue with publishing to Mastodon accounts hosted on mastodon.social and mastodon.onlineThe issue with Mastodon has been resolved, and their servers are performing normally. If you have experienced failed posts during this time, please click **Retry Now** on each one to try publishing them again. We… | 2h 26m | Resolved |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Issues with Buffer fully loadingThis incident is now fully resolved. | 1h 20m | Resolved |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Degraded PerformanceThe issues loading have now been resolved. We'll be keeping a close eye on things over the next day to ensure continued stability. Thank you for your patience as we worked through the underlying cause. | 1h 5m | Resolved |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Issue Connecting and Refreshing ThreadsChannel connection issues with Threads have been fully resolved and performance is working as expected. Please reach out if you continue to see issues. We apologise for the interruption today. | 4h 1m | Resolved |
| Sep 22, 2026 | Buffer Service DisruptionThe issue affecting Buffer has been fully resolved. Our team has confirmed that the service is now operating normally. We apologise for any disruption this may have caused and appreciate your patience throughout the… | 55 min | Resolved |
| Sep 22, 2026 | Issue with creating Pinterest postsPinterest post creation was blocked by an error saying a board must be selected, even when a board was selected. | -193 min | Resolved |
| Sep 5, 2026 | Issue Publishing Posts to Google Business Profile channelsThe publishing issue with Google Business Profile has been fully resolved, and it’s functioning as expected again. If you encounter any further problems, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team. | 55 min | Resolved |
| Sep 3, 2026 | Delayed analytics processingAnalytics processing has recovered, and Bluesky analytics updates are operating normally. We have resolved this incident. | 1h 1m | Resolved |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Issue with Editing Drafts and PostsWe’ve continued monitoring the fix, and everything remains stable. This incident is now fully resolved. Thank you for your patience while we worked through this. If you’re still experiencing any issues, please reach… | 1h 16m | Resolved |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Users are unable to access the billing page in their accountsThis issue has been fully resolved, and the billing page is loading as expected. Thanks for your patience while we worked to get this fixed. If you’re still experiencing any issues, please reach out to us at… | 1h 27m | Resolved |
| Aug 28, 2026 | Degraded PerformanceThank you so much for bearing with us today whilst we had some issues earlier. We are pleased to share that things should be working normally again now, with the Buffer dashboard loading successfully, and logins… | 2h 30m | Resolved |
| Aug 26, 2026 | Some customers unable to log inThe issue affecting login verification emails and codes has been fully resolved. We’re sorry for the trouble and appreciate your patience while we worked through it. If you're still experiencing issues, please reach… | 4h 18m | Resolved |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Issue Publishing Posts to TikTokWe have seen the success rate of TikTok posts hold steady. It appears the underlying cause of the issue has been resolved. Don't hesitate to let us know if you continue to experience any issues. We'd be happy to take a… | 1h 17m | Resolved |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Issue with updating the payment method and billing information in your Buffer account.The issue affecting updates to billing information through the billing page has been fully resolved, and the page is now functioning as expected. If you experience any further issues, please don’t hesitate to reach out… | 1h 3m | Resolved |
| Aug 9, 2026 | Buffer Login DisruptionThings have remained stable following the fix, and we’re now marking this incident as fully resolved. Publishing success rates have returned to normal, and we’re no longer seeing reports of users being unexpectedly… | 6h 52m | Resolved |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Issue with approval notification emailsThe issue with _approval required_ notification emails has been fully resolved, and it’s functioning as expected again. If you encounter any further problems, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team. | 55 min | Resolved |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Issues with publishing posts to PinterestWe are aware that earlier today, Wednesday 5th August, at roughly 9am UTC, there was a temporary issue that impacted the publishing success rates of Pinterest. It does appear that this was an issue directly with… | -9 min | Resolved |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Issue Publishing Posts to FacebookThank you for all your patience with us as we continued to monitor the fix that was put in place yesterday over that small number of Facebook posts that failed. We have fully resolved this incident now, and after… | 23h 5m | Resolved |
| Jul 19, 2026 | Issue Publishing Video Posts to Instagram and ThreadsThis issue has now been fully resolved, and video posts to Instagram and Threads are publishing normally again. Any failed posts can be retried from the queue. Once again, we sincerely apologise for the disruption. | 55 min | Resolved |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Issue with Help Center The Help Center issues have been resolved by the third-party app and is fully operational again. Thank you for your patience! | 7h 0m | Resolved |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Issue with Threads commentsThis issue has been resolved, and new Threads comments should now be delivered normally. Our backup mechanism has also recovered recent comments that were delayed during the incident. We sincerely apologise for the… | 145h 31m | Resolved |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Degraded PerformanceThis issue is now considered fully resolved. Thanks again for your patience as we worked on correcting this issue. | 1h 0m | Resolved |
| Jul 6, 2026 | Buffer MCP returning a 404 ErrorOur team was able to resolve the underlying issue. The MCP is once again working as expected! We appreciate your (and your Agent's) patience as we resolved this. | 7 min | Resolved |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Google Business Profile and YouTube API issues The issues with YouTube and Google Business Profiles have been fully resolved, and they are functioning as expected again. If you encounter any further problems, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team. | 91h 17m | Resolved |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Issue Connecting ThreadsChannel connection issues have been fully resolved and performance is working as expected. Please reach out if you continue to see issues. We apologise for the interruption today. | 1h 53m | Resolved |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Meta issues impacting Facebook, Instagram and ThreadsThe issue with Meta's API for Facebook, Instagram, and Threads has been fully resolved, and all systems are now operational. We appreciate your understanding and apologise for any disruption this may have caused. | 4h 17m | Resolved |
| Jun 8, 2026 | Buffer Service DisruptionThe Buffer dashboard has remained stable during our monitoring period, and we are no longer observing any impact. This incident is now resolved. We apologize for any disruption this may have caused. Please let us know… | 32 min | Resolved |
| May 28, 2026 | Buffer Stuck LoadingAfter monitoring for stability, we're confident this issue is resolved! | 47 min | Resolved |
| May 26, 2026 | Buffer Service DisruptionThe issue affecting Buffer has been fully resolved. Our team has confirmed that the service is now operating normally. We apologise for any disruption this may have caused and appreciate your patience throughout the… | 21 min | Resolved |
| May 26, 2026 | Buffer Service DisruptionThe issue affecting Buffer has been fully resolved. Our team has confirmed that the service is now operating normally. We apologise for any disruption this may have caused and appreciate your patience throughout the… | 36 min | Resolved |
| May 23, 2026 | Instagram Publishing – Degraded Success RateMeta's engineers have confirmed that the issue with Instagram's API has been fully resolved, and we're happy to confirm that we're seeing publishing rates back to normal levels. We appreciate your understanding and… | 106h 5m | Resolved |
| May 22, 2026 | Issue Publishing Posts to TikTokThe issue with TikTok posts has been fully resolved, and all systems are now operational. We appreciate your understanding and apologise for any disruption this may have caused. | 51 min | Resolved |
| May 20, 2026 | Issue Connecting LinkedIn ChannelsWe're happy to share that LinkedIn connections within Buffer are working smoothly once again. LinkedIn have been able to resolve the API issue from earlier today and as a result, new LinkedIn connections can be made… | 3h 50m | Resolved |
| May 19, 2026 | Slowness and intermittent errors in BufferAfter additional monitoring, we're confident that the slowness (and underlying issues) have been resolved. Thank you for your patience throughout! Don't hesitate to let us know if there are any issues moving forward. | 24h 33m | Resolved |
| May 19, 2026 | Issue Publishing Posts to Instagram, Threads, and Facebook.The issue with Meta’s posts has been fully resolved, and all systems are now operational. We appreciate your understanding and apologise for any disruption this may have caused. | 1h 37m | Resolved |
| May 18, 2026 | Bluesky is experiencing issues It looks like Bluesky has recovered. We're seeing publishing success rates return to normal, and posts to Bluesky should be going through successfully again. Thank you for your patience while this was being… | 2h 8m | Resolved |
| May 15, 2026 | Pinterest downtime impacting publishing and connectionsWe've been monitoring Pinterest publishing and channel connections, and things have returned to normal. If you experience any further issues, please let us know. Thanks for your patience. | 1h 0m | Resolved |
| May 13, 2026 | Issue Publishing Posts to YouTubeThe issue with YouTube posts has been fully resolved, and all systems are now operational. | 47 min | Resolved |
| May 12, 2026 | Issue with Channel SettingsThe issue with loading the Channel Settings page has been fully resolved, and it’s functioning as expected again. If you encounter any further problems, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team. | 55 min | Resolved |
| May 5, 2026 | Issue with Calendar View of Publish DashboardThe issue with displaying posts on the Calendar have been fully resolved, and it’s functioning as expected again. If you encounter any further problems, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team. | 50 min | Resolved |
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How to Read This Buffer Incident Log
Each row is an incident PulsAPI observed, not a summary written afterwards. The duration is wall-clock time between the first failing check and the first clean one, so it includes the window before Buffer acknowledged anything. Vendor post-mortems typically measure from acknowledgement, which is why their numbers are usually shorter.
Incidents still open have no duration yet and are listed as ongoing rather than being given a running total. The archive covers the last 365 days; anything older has aged out of the window rather than never having happened.
The longest single Buffer outage in this window ran 6d 1h, against a mean recovery of 10h 44m. If you depend on Buffer in a customer-facing path, the longest figure is the one to design around. The mean is what happens on a normal bad day; the maximum is what happens on the worst one.