Nearly 70,000 users, including in Florida, reported issues with Discord Friday afternoon, May 8, according to Downdetector, which provides real-time outage updates.
At 3:49 p.m., 67,349 users reported outages. That number dropped to 37,217 as of 4:11 p.m.
The outages were spread out across the country, with hotspots in large cities including New York, Miami, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.
According to Downdetector, most user-reported problems were with:
At 3:08 p.m. ET, Discord reported it was investigating errors in its API systems and later said it identified the cause, noting that many users were unable to start their sessions and were experiencing issues across the service, including logging in and sending messages.
As of 5:08 p.m., Discord said it was continuing recovery operations to get the service to “a fully healthy state.”
Discord working to restore system after API errors
The Discord status updates website showed increased API errors beginning Friday afternoon. According to the latest update at update at 2:08 p.m. PDT/5:08 p.m. EDT, recovery operations were continuing.
Here are the API error updates Discord posted:
What is Discord saying about the May 8 outage
Without giving a timeframe for restoration of services, Discord acknowledged the outage in a post on X that simply said, “WORKING ON IT.”
In comments on the X thread, Discord said, “RESPONDING HERE BC WE ARE DOWN SO SORRY” and “SO MANY APOLOGIES FOR INTERRUPTING THAT IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR DAY WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN RESUME THAT EXPEDITIOUSLY.”
What is Discord?
Discord is a popular online hangout spot where people can play video games, chat, and spend time with friends and other communities
Kim Luciani is a journalist for the USA TODAY Network-Florida’s Audience team. You can get all of Florida’s best content directly in your inbox each weekday by signing up for the free newsletter, Florida TODAY, at https://floridatoday.com/newsletters.
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