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Descript is currently down - official outage reported - 576ms HTTP response. Last checked . 90-day uptime: 99.9%.

Down576ms response
Partial outage - Ongoing116d agoOfficial

AI Speech failing for some users

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Descript status

90-day uptime

99.9%

19 incidents (90d)

Response now

576ms

HTTP p50 (7d)

912ms

median ping response

HTTP p95 (7d)

2035ms

tail ping response

Response time (7 days)

p50 912ms·p95 2035ms

HTTP response times from Tickerr's monitoring server to Descript's status or homepage endpoint - not API inference latency or time-to-first-token (TTFT). For API benchmark data, see third-party sources like Artificial Analysis.

90-day uptime

Jun 26 100%Jul 26 100%Aug 26 100%
99.9%
90-day uptime · HTTP + API inference
May 28Today
100%99–99.9%95–99% or API failures<95% or major API failures
HTTP pings + API inference checks · checked every 5 min · 90 days

Incident history

Major OutageResolvedOfficial
Aug 24, 2026
05:15 PM UTC
Share Page Outage

Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Descript web links (Operational)

0m
Major OutageResolvedOfficial
Aug 18, 2026
06:45 PM UTC
Help Center temporarily down

Status: Investigating We have reports that the help center is unavailable for some users. We are currently in the process of updating our support infrastructure. If this happens to you, please refresh…

2h 59m
Partial OutageResolvedOfficial
Aug 14, 2026
08:01 PM UTC
Audition + AAF Timeline export unavailable

Status: Investigating Audition + AAF Timeline export is currently down. We will update as soon as functionality is restored. Affected components Export (Degraded performance)

1h 44m
Major OutageResolvedOfficial
Aug 5, 2026
07:32 PM UTC
Rooms Outage

Status: Monitoring Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational. Affected components Rooms (Full outage)

28m
Partial OutageResolvedOfficial
Jul 27, 2026
04:54 PM UTC
Issue with uploads to media library

Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Import (Operational)

0m
Partial OutageResolvedOfficial
Jul 23, 2026
12:20 AM UTC
Video Regenerate failing for some users

Status: Investigating We have detected an issue with Video Regenerate and are working to restore functionality. We will update here as soon as we have more information. Affected components Image gener…

2h 40m
Partial OutageResolvedOfficial
Jul 22, 2026
01:01 PM UTC
Video files appear frozen or low FPS after import

Status: Investigating We have detected a problem and are investigating the underlying issue. As a workaround, many users have found success by using Replace File(https://help.descript.com/hc/en-us/art…

8h 59m
Partial OutageResolvedOfficial
Jul 21, 2026
04:37 PM UTC
Issues with Media Playback

Status: Investigating The team has detected an issue with playback (freezing, stuttering, poor performance, artifacts, and related symptoms). We are currently investigating. Affected components Media …

19h 37m
Partial OutageResolvedOfficial
Jul 14, 2026
10:15 AM UTC
Playback Failures

Status: Monitoring We are aware of an issue in Descript that caused playback failures from around 6:15am Eastern. At this time, functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the syst…

3h 15m
Major OutageResolvedOfficial
Jul 10, 2026
06:00 PM UTC
Unplanned Underlord Outage

Status: Investigating We have detected a problem with Underlord. At this time, API requests to Underlord agent may fail, and prompts sent to the Underlord agent in-app may fail with an error. We're wo…

1h 14m
Partial OutageResolvedOfficial
Jul 8, 2026
07:07 PM UTC
Error when trying to initiate recording

Status: Monitoring Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational. Affected components Recorder (Degraded performance)

52m
Partial OutageResolvedOfficial
Jun 18, 2026
08:28 PM UTC
Unable to start join sessions

Status: Investigating We have detected a problem preventing hosts and guests from joining Rooms sessions, and we are currently investigating Affected components Rooms (Full outage)

46m
Partial OutageResolvedOfficial
Jun 16, 2026
11:20 PM UTC
Rooms sessions unable to upload successfully

Status: Monitoring Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational. Affected components Rooms (Full outage)

39m
Partial OutageResolvedOfficial
Jun 11, 2026
04:47 PM UTC
Elevated Publishing Errors

Status: Investigating We are investigating an issue where publishing fails. We are actively investigating and will update as soon as we have more information. Affected components Integrations (Partial…

1h 12m
Partial OutageResolvedOfficial
Jun 10, 2026
08:29 PM UTC
Projects failing to publish

Status: Investigating We have detected a problem causing some publishes to fail and are investigating the underlying issue. Affected components Descript web links (Degraded performance) Integrations (…

30m
Partial OutageResolvedOfficial
Jun 8, 2026
04:57 PM UTC
Create Clips failures

Status: Investigating When applying Create Clips, some users are receiving an error message that inaccurately states that the feature needs spoken content, even in compositions with enough dialogue. W…

2h 47m
Major OutageResolvedOfficial
Jun 7, 2026
08:30 PM UTC
Descript website is down

Status: Investigating We have detected a problem with the main website and are investigating the underlying issue. At this time, web.descript.com "web.descript.com": http://web.descript.com appears to…

3h 14m
Partial OutageResolvedOfficial
Jun 7, 2026
01:49 AM UTC
Speaker Detection is failing

Status: Investigating We have detected an issue with Speaker Detection and are investigating the underlying issue. Affected components Transcription (Partial outage)

1h 26m
Partial OutageResolvedOfficial
Jun 2, 2026
10:20 PM UTC
Captions and layers are not rendering when exported

Status: Investigating Some users have reported that captions and text elements are not rendering correctly and when exported. This may appear as a black box. We are actively investigating this issue a…

14h 39m

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About Descript status

Descript is an AI-powered audio and video editing tool that includes transcription, overdub, and AI editing features. When Descript is down, project editing and AI processing are unavailable. Descript uses AWS infrastructure.

You can also check the official Descript status page.