Slack outage, 13 August 2026

Trouble Accessing Historical Messages With Custom Data Retention Policies Enabled

Started
Resolved
14 Sept 2026, 22:31 UTC (after 32 days)
Impact
Minor
Affected
Messaging, Workspace/Org Administration

Last update from Slack

We've completed restoring shared files for all remaining affected workspaces and restored and verified all affected data. If you still can't see previous content, please reload Slack using Command + Shift + R (Mac) or Ctrl + Shift + R (Windows/Linux). Thank you for your patience while we sorted out this issue.

14 Sept 2026, 22:31 UTC

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