“We’re still working to restore functionality”
As of 11:30 a.m., Slack said it’s still working on the issue. Here’s the official word from the company’s status page:
“We’re still working to restore functionality to affected Slack features such as sending messages, workflows, threads and other API-related features. Users may also experience issues when attempting to log-in. Thank you for your continued patience as we continue investigating. We’ll be following up with further updates as they become available.”
Slack is aware of the issue
The issue appears to be getting worse as time passes, and Slack has posted everything wrong with the service on its status page. Most people seem to find logging into their workspaces to be impossible, thus preventing them from using any of the other features.
Outage reports rolling in
Users first reported a Slack outage at around 11 a.m. ET, with Downdetector reports climbing to over 3,000 by 11:24 a.m. When a popular service sees a sudden explosion in reports like that, you can expect to have issues, too.
I started seeing the outage at about 11:15 a.m., and some of my colleagues kept using Slack until about 11:35 a.m. before going offline.
