Descript incident

AI Speech failing for some users

Resolved after 38 minutes, affecting Generated speech, on May 1, 2026.

monitoring May 01, 2026, 01:41 AM UTC

Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational.

Started
May 01, 2026, 01:24 AM UTC
Resolved
May 01, 2026, 02:02 AM UTC
Duration
38m
Detected by Pingoru
May 01, 2026, 01:24 AM UTC

Affected components

Generated speech

Update timeline

  1. investigating May 01, 2026, 01:24 AM UTC

    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 to try and find a resolution.

  2. monitoring May 01, 2026, 01:41 AM UTC

    Functionality is fully restored and we are monitoring to ensure the system continues to be operational.

  3. resolved May 01, 2026, 02:02 AM UTC

    This issue is now resolved.

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