discord down reports began appearing on Downdetector around 11 p.m. EDT on Thursday, with many users seeing a "server awaiting endpoint" error and facing voice call failures, according to Downdetector.
Reports briefly eased around 11:30 p.m. EDT but returned, and by 11:45 p.m. EDT Downdetector had logged nearly 8,000 reports, as reported by Downdetector.
As of 4 a.m. EDT Friday Reuters reported Discord appeared to have returned to normal, with no outage reports on Downdetector or fresh complaints on X, and Discord had not issued a response to the outage, according to Reuters.
Service Impact And Users Responses
Users posted multiple firsthand accounts on Downdetector describing widespread voice problems and connection issues, including private and server voice chats failing to connect and streaming showing a gray box, as reported by Downdetector.
Some users described mixed behavior, saying desktop users rejoined voice channels while mobile users remained stuck at the awaiting endpoint message, according to Downdetector posts cited in the report.
The Discord Status page listed many services and regional voice nodes as operational, and it recorded prior incidents including a failure to start new voice calls on Mar 19, 2026 and issues sending and loading messages on Mar 9, 2026, according to the status information.
Downdetector and social posts supplied user quotes noting disruption to plans and personal calls, while the platform's status page showed widespread operational indicators for client and regional services during the incident window.
