Discord outage: Continued issues with presence and DM delivery

Affected components

• Gateway

1. resolvedFeb 28, 2026, 22:54 UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

2. monitoringFeb 28, 2026, 22:51 UTC

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

3. identifiedFeb 28, 2026, 22:42 UTC

   This is actually a continuation of the incident from earlier today, which we marked "resolved" in error. We have now identified and are remediating the issue

4. identifiedFeb 28, 2026, 22:28 UTC

   We are currently investigating this issue. Restarting your sessions *should* fix it but existing sessions may have not be seeing new DMs

5. investigatingFeb 28, 2026, 21:54 UTC

   We are currently investigating this issue. Restarting your sessions *should* fix it but existing sessions may have not be seeing new DMs

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