Descript outage, 29 October 2026

Increased latency for agent API jobs

Started
Status
Ongoing: Investigating
Impact
Minor

Is this still happening?

Yes. Descript still lists it as investigating; last update 29 Oct 2026, 17:07 UTC.

Right now: Descript reports degraded performance on some systems. (as of 29 Oct, 19:25 UTC) Live Descript status

Last update from Descript

We’re seeing increased latency for jobs initiated via the agent API, and are currently investigating the underlying issue.

29 Oct 2026, 17:07 UTC

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