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Issues sending messages for bots and users

Major outage Lasted 41m · started · Discord's page

Level
confirmed
Worst impact
Major outage
Components
API
Down Index
39of 100

What to do

  • Check whether you use Discord API. Check your stack

    Paste a package.json, lockfile, Terraform or a list of domains at down.guide/stack to see every provider you depend on.
  • Confirm your retries, queues and scheduled jobs caught up after the 41m it lasted.

    Anything that failed between 2026-08-07 22:21 UTC and 2026-08-07 23:02 UTC may need a replay.
  • Subscribe to Discord's feed to hear about the next one first. RSS feed

    https://down.guide/feed?provider=discord works in Slack (/feed subscribe), Discord feed bots and any RSS reader.

Updates from Discord 4

  1. identified

    We're aware of an issue preventing users and bots from sending messages, we're working on fully restoring service

    provider

  2. identified

    This issue has expanded and is now affecting all Discord interactions. We're continuing to work towards mitigating the issue.

    provider

  3. monitoring

    We've recovered service and are continuing to monitor for recovery.

    provider

  4. resolved

    This issue has been fully resolved

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Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about DWN-a5642fd422

Is Discord still down?

No, this incident was resolved 2026-08-07 23:02 UTC. For Discord's live state, see https://down.guide/discord.

How long did it last?

41m, from 2026-08-07 22:21 UTC to 2026-08-07 23:02 UTC, by the times Discord posted.

What was affected?

Discord named API.

What caused it?

Discord hasn't published a root cause. If it does, it shows here.

Where does this come from?

Discord's official status page, https://discordstatus.com, quoted verbatim. down.guide's own probes, reports and social counts are labeled as ours.