


Workplace messaging platform Slack was experiencing outages on Wednesday morning, with more than 3,000 people reporting problems with the service on DownDetector.
The Slack app icon is displayed on a computer screen, Wednesday, Dec 2, 2020, in Tokyo.
Slack’s tech dashboard first reported issues with people connecting or loading the communication platform at 10:27 a.m. EST.
About 3,038 people had reported issues with Slack as of 11:23 a.m. EST on DownDetector, a website that tracks outages across platforms.
At 11:08 a.m. EST Slack said its staff are “working to restore functionality to affected Slack features but have also discovered some workflows may also be experiencing issues.”
Slack posted in its most recent update at 11:30 a.m. EST that it is “still working to restore functionality to affected Slack features” and said it will continue to post updates as they are available.
Forbes has reached out to Slack for information on the outage.
This story is developing and will be updated.
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Slack’s tech dashboard indicated users were having trouble with logging in, messaging, connectivity, apps/integrations/APIs and workflows—though there were no reported issues with notifications, search, huddles, workspace administration or canvases, as of 11:30 a.m. EST.