Discord outage: API errors affecting message sends, session starts, and billing operations

Affected components

• API

1. resolvedMay 22, 2026, 03:39 UTC

   We have applied a fix and are seeing recovery across our systems

2. identifiedMay 22, 2026, 01:55 UTC

   We're aware of an issue that is affecting a subset of users trying to interact with our services. We are working on a fix to address the issues.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in Discord's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.

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How often does Discord have incidents?

Discord reported 18 incidents in the last 90 days, 16 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 1h 13m. See Discord's uptime and incident history