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Discord Outage Disrupts Logins and Messaging as Company Works to Restore Service

Discord reports early recovery after API errors disrupted logins, with no timeline for full restoration.

Overview

  • DroidDowndetector reports, which spiked Friday afternoon, reached nearly 71,000 before 4:30 p.m. ET, with the heaviest impact in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.
  • Discord said it began investigating API errors at 12:08 p.m. PT, identified the issue at 12:24 p.m., and worked to remediate by 12:56 p.m., later reporting that systems were beginning to recover.
  • Users reported messages failing to load or send and trouble logging in, though some active sessions stayed connected during the disruption.
  • A breakdown of user complaints showed about 57% were app-related, 25% involved messaging, and 13% involved logins, according to Downdetector.
  • API failures can also interrupt bots, voice chat and third‑party integrations that gaming communities use for coordination, so lingering instability may continue even as services come back online.