As indicated by the site Downdetector.pl, where one can observe interruptions in the provision of individual services, the first reports of the failure of the communicator Slack appeared Thursday (September 30) in the afternoon. Friday until Hundreds of users have already notified of the problems at 8:00 am.
Slack messaging failure
According to the Downdetector website analysis, 47 percent. of users who reported a failure had a problem with the operation of the application, 28 percent no website access, and 25 percent. indicates server connection problems. On the map of reported outages, you can see that the problem concerns, among others,in. Warsaw residents and Wroc³awbut the reports come from all over the world via social media.
We are aware of DNS-related connectivity issues that affect a small subset of users. This issue was caused by a change we made and is unrelated to third-party DNS software and services. To resolve this issue faster, your ISP will need to remove their DNS entry for slack.com. Contact your network team to provide them with this information
– explains the Slack team on Twitter.
Slack assured Thursday night that the issue should be resolved within 24 hours.
Slack with a global crash. Problems reported worldwide
On Slack’s official Facebook profile, you can find customer comments about the current crash:
Slack isn’t working on my phone and laptop. I am in Germany
Not working – in Sydney
My coworkers had no issues, but I couldn’t work all day in the app on my laptop, browser, or phone. Canada
In Singapore, it doesn’t work either
Slack does not work in Belgium
“Total travelaholic. Subtly charming zombie geek. Friend of animals everywhere. Music buff. Explorer. Tv junkie.”