Substack outage, 29 October 2026

Increased latency on post publishing

Started
Resolved
29 Oct 2026, 04:36 UTC (after 1 h 24 min)
Impact
Minor
Affected
Substack publications, Writer dashboards

Is this still happening?

No. Substack marked this incident resolved on 29 Oct 2026, 04:36 UTC, 1 h 24 min after it began.

Right now: Substack reports all systems operational. (as of 29 Oct, 04:45 UTC) Live Substack status

Last update from Substack

This incident has been resolved.

29 Oct 2026, 04:36 UTC

Read the full incident on the official Substack status page

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