Slack experienced an outage Monday morning into the afternoon hours, leaving thousands of users unable to send or receive messages.
The firm addressed the problems shortly after reports began surfacing in the morning and shared that there are signs of improvements, but some users may still be experiencing issues.
Down Detector showed the outage, which began around 9:30am ET, was mainly in the US, with parts of Europe also being affected.
Slack has become vital for companies during the coronavirus pandemic as a way to conduct business with employees still working from home.
Slack experienced an outage Monday morning into the afternoon hours, leaving thousands of users unable to send or receive messages. Down Detector showed the outage, which began around 9:30am ET, was mainly in the US, with parts of Europe also being affected
Not only are people struggling as it is Monday morning, but the popular messaging services was making it difficult for thousands to communicate with employers and employees.
Down Detector, a website that monitors online outages, showed an uptick in outage reports regarding Slack around 9:30am ET.
Slack addressed the issues at 10:05am ET on its website stating:'Some users may be experiencing slowness with Slack in the desktop, browser and mobile at this time. The issue is impacting sending messages and troubles with API calls,' the firm shared in a statement.
However, around 1:41pm ET, the firm said it was seeing signs of improvement, but some customers may still be experiencing issues.
Down Detector shows that much of the issues involved with connecting to the services, followed by sending messages and a small group of users are having problems with the mobile app
Many users flocked to Twitter to share their frustrations of Slack not working and 'Slack,' which is currently trending in the US, has more than 10,000 tweets
Many users flocked to Twitter to share their frustrations of Slack not working and 'Slack,' which is currently trending in the US, has more than 10,000 tweets.
Twitter users 'Emad' shared that Slack being down 'is the Schools closed day for adults.'
Another users was frustrated that they got out of bed this Monday, just to find Slack is not working and they are unable to do their job properly.
Many users have flocked to Twitter to share their frustrations of Slack not working and 'Slack,' which is currently trending in the US, has more than 10,000 tweets
Many Americans are using Slack to work remotely
Slack's website notes messaging, link previews, posts/files, login, search, connections and apps are all affected by the outage. Many people are frustrated about the outage, while some are making jokes about it on Twitter
Not only are people struggling as it is Monday morning, but the popular messaging services is making it difficult for thousands to communicate with employers and employees
Down Detector shows that much of the issue is connecting to the services, followed by sending messages and a small group of users are having problems with the mobile app.
Slack's website notes messaging, link previews, posts/files, login, search, connections and apps are all affected by the outage.
The US appears to be feeling the brunt of the outage, with major cities including Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago and New York City all shown in red on Down Detector's outage map.
However, parts of Europe area also experiencing issues - London is shown in red on the map.
The Link LonkOctober 06, 2020 at 02:21AM
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8807179/Slack-users-unable-send-receive-messages-chat-service.html
Slack is DOWN! Many users are unable to send or receive messages - Daily Mail
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