Is Descript down right now?
Descript is currently operational — responding in 510ms. Last checked . 90-day uptime: 100%.
Drive project search does not work
90-day uptime
100%
Incidents (90d)
20
Response now
510ms
Avg response (7d)
586ms
Response time (7 days)
7-day avg 586ms30-day uptime
90-day uptime
100%Incident history
Drive project search does not work
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)
Projects become temporarily unresponsive after making edits
Status: Resolved We've deployed the fix and the issue is now resolved. Affected components Editing (Operational)
AI Tools Outage
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Generated speech (Operational) Translate (Operational) Create clips and reels (Operational)
Degraded Playback and Publishing performance
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Integrations (Operational) Export (Operational) Descript web links (Operational) Media Playback (Operational)
Degraded Performance with Underlord Audio Cleanup AI Tools
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. If you're still stuck, please retry running Remove filler words or applying Room tone, and it should work now. Affected components Cleanup (Operational)
Users unable to downgrade subscription
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Subscriptions (Operational)
Degraded performance - Publish Projects
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Export (Operational) Descript web links (Operational) Integrations (Operational)
Degraded Performance - Desktop and Web
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Desktop App (Operational) Web App (Operational)
Web/Desktop app outage
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Login (Operational) File upload/sync (Operational) Desktop App (Operational) Web App (Operational)
Changes not populating for all editors in some projects
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components File upload/sync (Operational)
Some JPEG images are rotated after import
Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components File upload/sync (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.
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