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Discord Goes Down for Tens of Thousands of Users, Downdetector Shows
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By Anthony W. Haddad
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May 8, 2026

Discord experience a possible outage Friday, with users reporting issues regarding voice calls. (Shutterstock)

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Discord experienced a possible outage Friday, with tens of thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com.

More than 95,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 1:19 p.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources.

Most users reporting issues say they’re experiencing problems with the mobile application.

Discord’s status checker says, “We are seeing significant recovery at this time. We are continue to restore ancillary services and we are metering in traffic as users reconnect.”

Update at 1:22 p.m.

More than 150,000 users have now reported an issue with Discord.

Update at 1:31 p.m.

Reports are beginning to slow as more than 170,000 users have now reported an issue.

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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.

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