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Partial OutageOngoingOfficial report

Some users are unable to start Recordings

Started

Thursday, April 16, 2026

04:24 PM UTC

Duration

4h 54m

still ongoing

Incident Timeline

Investigating04:24 PM UTC · Apr 16, 2026

Status: Investigating We have detected a problem with instability when starting recordings. At this time, it primarily seems to affect users who record from the Desktop application. The team is currently investigating. Affected components Recorder (Degraded performance)

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