Slack Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Shows

Tech

By Anthony W. Haddad

Published 4 months ago on

May 14, 2026

Thousands of Slack users reported problems Thursday, Downdetector reported. (Shutterstock)

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Slack, a messaging and communications platform, experienced a possible outage Thursday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com.

More than 2,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 7:35 a.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources.

Most users reported issues with sending and receiving messages.

On the platforms status page, it shows that there is an issue with messaging and apps/integrations/APIs.

Update at 7:51 a.m.

More than 4,000 users have now reported an issue with Slack.

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Anthony W. Haddad,

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Anthony W. Haddad, who graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with his undergraduate degree and attended Fresno State for a MBA, is the Swiss Army knife of GV Wire. He writes stories, manages social media, and represents the organization on the ground.