Slack Outage Disrupts Workplace Communication for Thousands

The popular messaging platform experienced widespread issues Wednesday morning, leaving users unable to send messages or log in.

Slack users across the U.S. and globally reported issues with messaging, logging in, and accessing workspaces starting around 10:30 a.m. ET.
The outage affected thousands of users, with over 3,000 reports logged on DownDetector at its peak.
Slack acknowledged the disruption and stated its engineers are working to restore core functionalities, including messaging and workflows.
Some features, such as viewing existing messages, remained partially functional during the outage, while emoticon reactions and threads faced disruptions.
The outage highlighted Slack's critical role in workplace communication, with users turning to alternative tools like email and Google Docs.