Outage recap · Descript

Descript outage — September 4, 2026

On September 4, 2026, Descript had 2 reported incidents on Descript's official status page. Below is what was reported — impact, timing, and the AI services the same upstream outage could affect.

Some Transcription requests are failing

major

Started: Sep 4, 9:53 AM EDT
Resolved: —
Duration: not marked resolved

As reported by Descript's official status page (status: monitoring). We report the vendor's own words, never an inferred cause.

Video playback freezing when exporting or publishing

minor

Started: Sep 4, 6:51 PM EDT
Resolved: —
Duration: not marked resolved

As reported by Descript's official status page (status: monitoring). We report the vendor's own words, never an inferred cause.

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