Descript outage, 2 November 2026

Avatar Outage

Started
Status
Ongoing: Identified
Impact
Critical

Is this still happening?

Yes. Descript still lists it as identified; last update 2 Nov 2026, 18:27 UTC.

Right now: Descript reports a major outage. (as of 2 Nov, 19:30 UTC) Live Descript status

Last update from Descript

We have identified a downstream issue with models used for the Avatars feature, causing them to be unavailable. We'll provide an update as soon as functionality is restored.

2 Nov 2026, 18:27 UTC

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