UPDATE: Jan. 4, 2021, 12:25 p.m. EST Slack was down for several hours but appears to be back for some users.
- According to Downdetector, a platform that offers real-time status updates on websites, Slack users started experiencing difficulties shortly after 9.30am Eastern Time (14:23 GMT).
- Slack and Zoom seize the day, but will they stick? 01 Apr, 2020, 09.34 AM IST. The need to just get work done has become a showcase opportunity for the best-of-breed software vendors to break through the noise and put some distance between their products and the tech-industry goliaths’ less-capable offerings.
According to downdetector.com, Slack, Google, Zoom, Gmail, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Teams are experiencing significant outages. Salt Lake City is growing: Do you know what’s in the works? Slack first went down shortly after 8 a.m. MST Monday, peaking at nearly 17,000 outages.
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Slack said, 'Not today, 2021.'
After a long, exhausting 2020, we're starting the first Monday of the year off with a little gift from the internet gods: Slack is down.
Slack Issues
If your job involves computers or you're working from home, there's a good chance your company uses Slack's chatrooms to facilitate communication among colleagues. Slack is the platform for chatting, sharing thoughts, tweets, and checking in with coworkers. It's a daily staple among workplaces, so when it's down, not to be dramatic, but all feels lost.
According to Downdector, Slack was having unavailable to users at around 10:00 a.m. Fl studio extend pattern length. ET on Monday morning, and Slack tweeted to confirm that 'Customers may experience issues connecting to Slack to loading channels..' shortly after.
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Customers may be experiencing issues connecting and using Slack at this time. Our team is currently investigating and we’re sorry for any troubles this may be causing. Please see https://t.co/hlhV4Z15g6 for updates.
— Slack (@SlackHQ) January 4, 2021
Slack's team is reportedly on the case and working to restore the system, but from the looks of Twitter, everyone's doing just fine without it. After all, no Slack means no work..right? I believe those are the rules.
The hour I spent catching up with co-workers before Slack went down pic.twitter.com/RW9T2BvwVE
— Josh Kurp (@JoshKurp) January 4, 2021
Slack going down an hour into the first major work day of 2021 pic.twitter.com/ckKAfowyzq
— Gibson Johns (@gibsonoma) January 4, 2021
why does slack being down have the same energy as when teachers didn't show up for class in high school and someone said 'we're legally allowed to leave if they don't show up in 15 minutes'
— Connor Perrett (@connorperrett) January 4, 2021
When you're still new at work and Slack is down. pic.twitter.com/JROvIlQ4dZ
— Kyle Shook⚡️ (@elyktrix) January 4, 2021
TFW you return from PTO and slack is down. pic.twitter.com/CkxIz23mIo
— Matt Moore (@mattomata) January 4, 2021 Kindle app for mac computer.
slack going down is honestly such a good omen for this year. nature is healing
— Addy Baird (@addysbaird) January 4, 2021
Welcome to 2021. Where Slack is down on the first Monday of the year. pic.twitter.com/bnJ5M86wbZ
— Eric Mark Do (@EricMarkDo) January 4, 2021
slack being down on the first monday back in 2021.. a true ally
Slack Outage
— Laura Bradley (@lpbradley) January 4, 2021
When slack is down pic.twitter.com/irzuOFZljd
— Chioma Lynn (@ChiomaLynn) January 4, 2021
slack is down so that's the work year over. we made it, fam
— David Mack (@davidmackau) January 4, 2021
Slack is down on the first day back? pic.twitter.com/jJBL3RmtM4
— Sandra E. Garcia (@S_Evangelina) January 4, 2021
The first Monday back on the job after a holiday break is brutal, so we thank you for derailing our productivity, Slack.
It seems 2021 is off to a beautiful start. What a blessing.
Slack is experiencing a worldwide outage causing problems sending messages, editing messages, lag in chats, and channels displaying a blank screen.
The Slack outage began at approximately 10:10 AM EST, and according to DownDetector, is predominantly affecting users in the USA and Europe.
Those affected by the outage are experiencing a wide variety of issues ranging from channels showing blank screens, lag in messages being displayed, or errors when attempting to send a message.
In BleepingComputer's tests, we also encountered numerous issues trying to edit an existing message, as shown below.
The Slack status page shows widespread issues across the entire service.
When viewing the outage's details, though, Slack states that they are aware of the issue but have not explained what is causing the problems.
'Some users may be unable to connect to Slack, while others are still experiencing general performance issues. Our team is working to get to the bottom of this and we will share more news soon.'
'There are no changes to report as yet, but we're continuing to dig in on our side and will update you again in 30 minutes,' Slack's status report explains.
This is a developing story.
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