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Discord incident: possible issues with presence and DM delivery

Discord reported this minor-impact incident on its official status page on Feb 28, 2026, 14:39 UTC. It was resolved after 1h 58m.

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Feb 28, 2026, 14:39 UTC
started
Feb 28, 2026, 16:37 UTC
resolved
1h 58m
duration
Minor
impact

Affected components

  • Gateway

Timeline

updates from Discord's status page ↗
  1. resolvedFeb 28, 2026, 16:37 UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

  2. monitoringFeb 28, 2026, 14:53 UTC

    Some users were unable to start sessions, but should be able to now. Some servers were also not available

  3. investigatingFeb 28, 2026, 14:39 UTC

    you may need to refresh your client to see new DM messages. We are working on identifying the extent of the issue

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

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Discord incident on Feb 28, 2026: possible issues with presence and DM delivery · APIStatus.watch