Thousands of Slack users reported system outages Wednesday morning

The Slack app icon is displayed on a computer screen, Wednesday, Dec 2, 2020, in Tokyo. In a deal announced Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, business software pioneer Salesforce.com is buying work-chatting service Slack for $27.7 billion in a deal aimed at giving the two companies a better shot at competing against longtime industry powerhouse Microsoft. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

By Denio Lourenco

Posted Feb 26, 2025 01:14:20 PM.

Last Updated Feb 26, 2025 01:22:12 PM.

Thousands of Slack users reported connectivity issues with the online workplace messaging platform on Wednesday morning.

According to the outage monitoring site Downdetector.com, at least 3,090 Slack users reported issues at the peak of the outage around 11:35 a.m.

An incident status report posted to the company’s official website says an investigation is in progress for “deprecated functionality for Slack features such as workflows, threads, sending messages and API-related features.”

“We’ll be back with more updates as soon as they’re available,” a message reads.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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