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Thousands of users across the US reported problems accessing Discord on Friday as the popular messaging platform experienced a widespread outage tied to API and connectivity issues. According to ...

The company had an issue with its API systems.

On the afternoon of May 8, 2026, Discord users across the United States and beyond began noticing something was very wrong. The app would not load. Sessions refused to start. Messages that appeared to ...

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 ...

Users across multiple regions reported issues accessing Discord today, with many complaining about API errors, failed message sends, loading problems, and connection issues. Downdetector, a platfrom ...

SAN FRANCISCO — From Google, Character.ai and Amazon to Discord, Spotify and Etsy, multiple websites were experiencing some variation of outages Thursday. Thousands of reports were filed for the ...

For more than an hour on Friday, many people were having trouble connecting to Discord, with the platform showing a message saying that there were “increased API errors.” Discord confirmed it was ...

Users were experience a global Discord outage — as Down Detector peaked at well over 7,500 reports around 8:40 a.m. Pacific. Discord never acknowledged the outage, and the official status page only ...