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Descript is currently down - official outage reported - 499ms HTTP response. Last checked . 90-day uptime: 99.9%.
AI Speech failing for some users
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90-day uptime
99.9%
20 incidents (90d)
Response now
499ms
HTTP p50 (7d)
616ms
median ping response
HTTP p95 (7d)
1443ms
tail ping response
Response time (7 days)
p50 616ms·p95 1443msⓘ 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
Incident history
Status: Investigating We have detected a problem with connecting to the MCP and are investigating the underlying issue. Affected components MCP connector (Degraded performance)
Status: Investigating Stock media is unavailable due to an upstream provider’s scheduled maintenance. Full functionality should return once maintenance has completed
Status: Investigating We are currently aware of an issue where the play button spins after being clicked, causing delays in the playback of content. The team is currently investigating. Affected compo…
Status: Investigating Some users are seeing that attempts to generate AI Speech are failing (including text-to-speech with stock voices). We are currently investigating the root cause and are working …
Status: Investigating We have detected a problem and are investigating the underlying issue. Affected components Agent (Full outage)
Status: Investigating We have detected a problem that prevents some users from connecting to Rooms sessions. We have traced this back to a current Cloudflare outage, and will update as soon as possibl…
Status: Investigating We have detected a problem and are investigating the underlying issue. Affected components Transcription (Full outage)
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 curren…
Status: Investigating We have detected an issue with publishing from Descript. We are actively investigating and will update as soon as we have more information. In the meantime as a workaround, we re…
Status: Identified We have identified an issue that results in a Publishing delay. The team is currently working on a fix for the issue. As a workaround for now, please try exporting locally. Affected…
Status: Identified We have identified the underlying issue and are working to restore functionality. Affected components Desktop App (Degraded performance) Web App (Degraded performance)
Edit in Descript - Third Party Import Errors
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Import (Operational)
Playback errors on Share pages and embedded videos
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Descript web links (Operational)
Playback Errors Affecting Projects
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Media Playback (Operational)
Issues with playback
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Media Playback (Operational)
Degraded Media Understanding performance
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components File upload/sync (Operational)
Media Classification failing for new media uploads
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components File upload/sync (Operational)
Publish jobs are slow to render
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Integrations (Operational) Descript web links (Operational)
Live Chat Service Disruption
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Desktop App (Operational) Web App (Operational)
Transcription is failing for some users
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Transcription (Operational)
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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.