Buffer incident

Issue with Buffer Start Page not loading

Resolved after 2 hours 2 minutes, affecting Publishing, on February 4, 2026.

resolved Feb 04, 2026, 01:19 PM UTC

The issue with Start Page has been fully resolved, and it’s functioning as expected again. If you encounter any further problems, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team.

Started
Feb 04, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC
Resolved
Feb 04, 2026, 01:19 PM UTC
Duration
2h 2m
Detected by Pingoru
Feb 04, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC

Affected components

Publishing

Update timeline

  1. investigating Feb 04, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue which is causing a blank page when visiting https://start-page.buffer.com/ We are very sorry for the inconvenience this is causing right now, and we'll keep the status page updated with any progress we make on this problem. We appreciate your patience with us on this one, and we hope to have Start Page back up and loading normally again soon.

  2. identified Feb 04, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC

    We’ve identified the root cause of the issue that was causing Buffer Start Page not to load properly, and we are in the process of fixing this now. We're confident we will be able to get this back up and running smoothly again soon, and we will continue to share any updates here as and when they happen. Thank you again for your patience with us today during this issue.

  3. monitoring Feb 04, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC

    We have pushed a fix so that Start Page should start loading normally again. We will keep monitoring this incident until we are happy it is fully resolved, in the meantime though you should be able to access it as usual. We appreciate your patience today, and thank you for working with us through this.

  4. resolved Feb 04, 2026, 01:19 PM UTC

    The issue with Start Page has been fully resolved, and it’s functioning as expected again. If you encounter any further problems, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team.

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