Descript Outage History

40 incidents recorded over the last 365 days, 40 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.

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Every Recorded Descript Incident

Descript incidents, newest first, with date, duration and status.
DateIncidentDurationStatus
Nov 2, 2026Avatar OutageThis issue is now resolved.5h 36mResolved
Nov 2, 2026Planned database maintenanceMaintenance has started10 minResolved
Oct 29, 2026Increased latency for agent API jobsThis issue is now resolved.33h 16mResolved
Oct 26, 2026Generate Layout is downThis issue is now resolved.-3720 minResolved
Sep 29, 2026Transcription jobs failingThis issue is now resolved.53 minResolved
Sep 15, 2026Issues with Project SyncThis issue is now resolved.3h 0mResolved
Sep 14, 2026Rooms Recording OutageThis issue is now resolved.35 minResolved
Sep 10, 2026UnderlordThis issue is now resolved.16h 7mResolved
Sep 10, 2026Backend Workflow OutageThis issue is now resolved.2h 35mResolved
Sep 4, 2026Video playback freezing when exporting or publishingThis issue is now resolved.46 minResolved
Sep 4, 2026Some Transcription requests are failingThis issue is now resolved.3h 7mResolved
Sep 4, 2026Avatar generation is unavailableThis issue is now resolved.3h 45mResolved
Aug 24, 2026Share Page OutageThis issue is now resolved.-101 minResolved
Aug 18, 2026Help Center temporarily downThis issue is now resolved.44 minResolved
Aug 14, 2026Audition + AAF Timeline export unavailableThis issue is now resolved.1h 16mResolved
Aug 5, 2026Rooms OutageThis issue is now resolved.28 minResolved
Jul 27, 2026Issue with uploads to media libraryThis issue is now resolved.16 minResolved
Jul 23, 2026Video Regenerate failing for some usersThis issue is now resolved.2h 26mResolved
Jul 22, 2026Video files appear frozen or low FPS after importThis issue is now resolved.8h 44mResolved
Jul 21, 2026SquadCast recordings intermittently failingThis issue is now resolved.39 minResolved
Jul 21, 2026Issues with Media PlaybackThis issue is now resolved.5h 26mResolved
Jul 14, 2026Playback FailuresThis issue is now resolved.1h 4mResolved
Jul 10, 2026Unplanned Underlord OutageThis issue is now resolved.44 minResolved
Jul 8, 2026Error when trying to initiate recordingThis issue is now resolved.49 minResolved
Jun 18, 2026Projects reverting to earlier revisions after reopeningThe underlying cause of this issue has been resolved. Affected projects will not automatically restore to the correct version, but it is possible to manually restore the edits using the following steps: • In the…1h 17mResolved
Jun 18, 2026Unable to start join sessionsThis issue is now resolved.32 minResolved
Jun 16, 2026Rooms sessions unable to upload successfully This issue is now resolved.32 minResolved
Jun 11, 2026Elevated Publishing ErrorsThis issue is now resolved.53 minResolved
Jun 10, 2026Projects failing to publishThis issue is now resolved.14 minResolved
Jun 8, 2026AI Speech generation failing for some stock voicesThis issue is now resolved.2h 22mResolved
Jun 8, 2026Multiple AI Actions failingFull functionality has been restored2h 36mResolved
Jun 7, 2026Descript website is down This issue is now resolved.2h 45mResolved
Jun 7, 2026Speaker Detection is failingThis issue is now resolved.1h 7mResolved
Jun 2, 2026Captions and layers are not rendering when exportedThis issue is now resolved.14h 21mResolved
May 27, 2026Descript.com and sub pages are currently downThis issue is now resolved.17 minResolved
May 27, 2026Agent Underlord - 400 ErrorsThis issue is now resolved.3h 41mResolved
May 22, 2026Difficulties with making new MCP connectionsThis issue is now resolved.1h 1mResolved
May 22, 2026Stock Media unavailableThis issue is now resolved.52 minResolved
May 21, 2026Delays in playbackThis issue is now resolved.4h 49mResolved
May 1, 2026Audio missing from exported projectsThis issue is now resolved.2h 47mResolved

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How to Read This Descript 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 Descript 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 Descript outage in this window ran 1d 9h, against a mean recovery of 3h 29m. If you depend on Descript 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.