Discord incident: Media Proxy Latency High

Affected components

• Media Proxy

1. resolvedSep 11, 2026, 17:46 UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

2. monitoringSep 11, 2026, 17:39 UTC

   A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

3. identifiedSep 11, 2026, 16:27 UTC

   The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

4. investigatingSep 11, 2026, 16:24 UTC

   We are currently investigating an issue involving high error-rates for image downloads.

What APIStatus.watch saw

• Sep 11, 2026, 16:25 UTCoperational → degraded
• Sep 11, 2026, 17:50 UTCdegraded → operational

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