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Recent outages & incidents

Past 90 days
  1. Resolved 1d 9h
    Started Oct 29, 2026, 05:07 PM UTC · Resolved Oct 31, 2026, 02:24 AM UTC
    Agent APIImport APIJobs APIMCP connector
    Timeline · 6 updates
    • investigating · Oct 29, 2026, 05:07 PM UTC

      Status: Investigating We’re seeing increased latency for jobs initiated via the agent API, and are currently investigating the underlying issue. Affected components Agent API (Degraded performance) MCP connector (Degraded performance) Jobs API (Degraded performance) Import API (Degraded performance)

    • monitoring · Oct 29, 2026, 07:36 PM UTC

      Status: Monitoring Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational. Affected components Import API (Degraded performance) Agent API (Degraded performance) MCP connector (Degraded performance) Jobs API (Degraded performance)

    • investigating · Oct 30, 2026, 04:58 PM UTC

      Status: Investigating We are still investigating the root cause of this issue, and are working on a fix Affected components Agent API (Degraded performance) MCP connector (Degraded performance) Jobs API (Degraded performance) Import API (Degraded performance)

    • monitoring · Oct 30, 2026, 09:26 PM UTC

      Status: Monitoring Functionality is restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational. Affected components Agent API (Degraded performance) MCP connector (Degraded performance) Jobs API (Degraded performance) Import API (Degraded performance)

    • resolved · Oct 31, 2026, 02:24 AM UTC

      Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components MCP connector (Operational) Jobs API (Operational) Import API (Operational) Agent API (Operational)

    • resolved · Oct 31, 2026, 02:24 AM UTC

      Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Agent API (Operational) MCP connector (Operational) Jobs API (Operational) Import API (Operational)

    Latest: Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Agent API (Operational) MCP connector (Operational) Jobs API (Operational) Import API (Operational)

  2. Resolved 2h 20m
    Started Oct 23, 2026, 09:30 PM UTC · Resolved Oct 23, 2026, 11:50 PM UTC
    Layouts
    Timeline · 3 updates
    • identified · Oct 23, 2026, 09:30 PM UTC

      Status: Identified We have identified the underlying issue and are working to restore functionality. Affected components Layouts (Partial outage)

    • resolved · Oct 23, 2026, 11:50 PM UTC

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

    • resolved · Oct 23, 2026, 11:50 PM UTC

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

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

  3. Resolved 2h 17m
    Started Sep 29, 2026, 06:12 PM UTC · Resolved Sep 29, 2026, 08:30 PM UTC
    Transcription
    Timeline · 7 updates
    • investigating · Sep 29, 2026, 06:12 PM UTC

      Status: Investigating We have detected a problem with our transcription pipeline, and we are currently investigating. Currently, transcription jobs may be stuck or failing. Affected components Transcription (Partial outage)

    • monitoring · Sep 29, 2026, 06:39 PM UTC

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

    • resolved · Sep 29, 2026, 07:05 PM UTC

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

    • identified · Sep 29, 2026, 07:24 PM UTC

      Status: Identified We have identified the underlying issue and are working to restore functionality. Affected components Transcription (Degraded performance)

    • monitoring · Sep 29, 2026, 07:49 PM UTC

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

    • resolved · Sep 29, 2026, 08:30 PM UTC

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

    • resolved · Sep 29, 2026, 09:43 PM UTC

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

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

  4. Resolved 3h
    Started Sep 15, 2026, 03:17 PM UTC · Resolved Sep 15, 2026, 06:18 PM UTC
    Live Collaboration/Project Sync
    Timeline · 5 updates
    • identified · Sep 15, 2026, 03:17 PM UTC

      Status: Identified A recent change to our sync engine has made it possible for edits to be reverted, which can cause inadvertent loss of work(often visible as "merge error" messages in the Version History). We've identified the problem and have a fix we're actively working to test and deploy. We will follow up at 10 AM PT with an update on progress. For a workaround in the meantime, check for the lost edits in the Version History, specifically by clicking the Fix button for the version that has the error message, then choosing the Compare changes button. Affected components Live Collaboration/Project Sync (Degraded performance)

    • identified · Sep 15, 2026, 03:36 PM UTC

      Status: Identified A recent change to our sync engine has made it possible for edits to be reverted, which can cause inadvertent loss of work(often visible as "merge error" messages in the Version History). We've identified the problem and have a fix we're actively working to test and deploy. We will follow up at 10 AM PT with an update on progress. For a workaround in the meantime, check for the lost edits in the Version History, specifically by clicking the Fix button for the version that has the error message, then choosing the Compare changes button. Affected components Live Collaboration/Project Sync (Degraded performance)

    • monitoring · Sep 15, 2026, 05:43 PM UTC

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

    • resolved · Sep 15, 2026, 06:18 PM UTC

      Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Live Collaboration/Project Sync (Operational)

    • resolved · Sep 15, 2026, 06:18 PM UTC

      Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Live Collaboration/Project Sync (Operational)

    Latest: Status: Resolved This issue is now resolved. Affected components Live Collaboration/Project Sync (Operational)

  5. Resolved 35m
    Started Sep 14, 2026, 01:09 PM UTC · Resolved Sep 14, 2026, 01:45 PM UTC
    Rooms
    Timeline · 4 updates
    • investigating · Sep 14, 2026, 01:09 PM UTC

      Status: Investigating We have detected a problem and are investigating the underlying issue. Affected components Rooms (Full outage)

    • monitoring · Sep 14, 2026, 01:27 PM UTC

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

    • resolved · Sep 14, 2026, 01:45 PM UTC

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

    • resolved · Sep 14, 2026, 01:45 PM UTC

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

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

See the full Descript outage history

9 more incidents in the last 90 days, plus the full multi-year archive of per-service events and update timelines.

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Incident record

Since April 2026 · incident.io · 54 components checked every 5 minutes
67incidents recorded
67last 12 months
14last 90 days
5 hourstypical duration, 12 months

The longest incident in the last year, Publishing is delayed on April 13, 2026, ran for 2 days. 1 maintenance window announced in the same period.

Most affected components, last 12 months

  • Descript web links11
  • Export9
  • Integrations9
  • Media Playback7
  • Transcription6

Latest incidents

  • Increased latency for agent API jobs October 29, 2026 · 33 hours · degraded service

    Status: Investigating We’re seeing increased latency for jobs initiated via the agent API, and are currently investigating the underlying issue. Affected…

  • Generate Layout is down October 23, 2026 · 2 hours · degraded service

    Status: Identified We have identified the underlying issue and are working to restore functionality. Affected components Layouts (Partial outage)

  • Transcription jobs failing September 29, 2026 · 2 hours · degraded service

    Status: Investigating We have detected a problem with our transcription pipeline, and we are currently investigating. Currently, transcription jobs may be…

Outage history

Past 90 days · 14 incidents View full outage history →