Substack outage, 10 November 2026
Slow publishing and some posts displaying without content
- Started
- Resolved
- 10 Nov 2026, 15:07 UTC (after 3 h 2 min)
- Impact
- Major
- Affected
- Substack publications, Writer dashboards, Push Notifications
Is this still happening?
No. Substack marked this incident resolved on 10 Nov 2026, 15:07 UTC, 3 h 2 min after it began.
Right now: Substack reports all systems operational. (as of 13 Nov, 20:51 UTC) Live Substack status
At a glance
- Substack rated this a major incident (partial outage).
- It was resolved after 3 h 2 min. That is longer than a typical Substack incident: the median of the 26 other resolved ones we recorded is 1 h 24 min.
- Substack had 1 other incident in the 30 days before it.
- 5 earlier incidents look like the same kind of problem (same affected part or wording); the most recent was on 29 Oct 2026.
- Substack has not posted a root cause analysis on its status page.
Our summary from the Substack incidents we have recorded since 23 Jun 2025 - how we count.
Last update from Substack
This incident has been resolved. A small number of posts published overnight may continue to appear blank for a short time for readers who aren’t signed in; they’ll display normally within a few hours, and no action is needed from writers.
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Earlier incidents with the same affected part or wording - useful to see how long this kind of problem usually takes.
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, resolved after 1 h 24 min
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, resolved after 1 h 5 min
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, resolved after 1 h 21 min
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