Live status & reliability report

Buffer status, outages & reliability

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Buffer is a social media scheduling, publishing and analytics tool for small businesses and creators, run as a remote-first company.

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · score recalculated

Over the last 90 days Buffer had 99.23% effective uptime across 21 status page incidents (8 partial or major outages), resolving them in 3h 36m on average.

58.8/100Reliability scoreVisit Buffer ↗

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Uptime (90d)99.23%16h 38m weighted downtime
Incidents (90d)214.4 per 30 days
Major / partial outages8
Avg time to resolve3h 36m
Outages we detected0by our independent probes

90-day uptime

Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026: no incidentsAug 7, 2026: 99.42% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 8, 2026: no incidentsAug 9, 2026: 95.84% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 10, 2026: 89.83% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 11, 2026 – Aug 18, 2026: no incidentsAug 19, 2026: 99.33% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 20, 2026 – Aug 23, 2026: no incidentsAug 24, 2026: 99.18% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 25, 2026: no incidentsAug 26, 2026: 98.94% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 27, 2026: 92.08% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 28, 2026: 98.43% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 29, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026: no incidentsSep 2, 2026: 96.96% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 3, 2026: 99.35% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 4, 2026: no incidentsSep 5, 2026: 99.42% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 6, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026: no incidentsSep 22, 2026: 96.14% uptime, 2 incidents (Major outage)Sep 23, 2026: 90.92% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 24, 2026: no incidentsSep 25, 2026: 97.22% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 26, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026: no incidentsOct 1, 2026: 94.91% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 7, 2026: no incidentsOct 8, 2026: 93.11% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 9, 2026: 89.94% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 10, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026: no incidentsOct 22, 2026: 99.59% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 23, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.230% average daily uptimeToday
  • No incidents
  • Degraded
  • Partial outage
  • Major outage
  • No data

Key facts about Buffer's reliability

  • Since Jul 13, 2026, the earliest date its published history covers, Buffer published 25 incidents on its status page, 11 of them partial or major outages.
  • Its longest outage on record in that time was “Issue with Threads comments” on Jul 13, 2026, which lasted 3d.
  • The part of Buffer most often affected was Publishing (8 of 25 incidents).
  • Incidents most often began on a Wednesday (8 of 25, UTC).
  • Buffer's 90-day uptime of 99.23% is below the average for social media management tools (99.49%).
  • It resolves incidents faster than the typical social media management tool: 3h 36m on average, against a median of 8h 57m.

Score breakdown

Uptime · 40% weight
43
99.230% effective uptime
Incident frequency · 20% weight
33
4.42 weighted incidents per 30 days
Time to resolve · 20% weight
74
3h 36m average
Transparency · 20% weight
100
No unreported outages detected

How the score is calculated →

Incidents per month

036912DecJan ’26FebMarAprMayJun3 partial outage incidents1 degraded performance incident4Jul2 partial outage incidents4 degraded performance incidents1 informational incident7Aug1 major outage incident3 partial outage incidents3 degraded performance incidents2 informational incidents9Sep2 partial outage incidents1 degraded performance incident2 informational incidents5OctNov
  • Major outage
  • Partial outage
  • Degraded
  • Informational

Response time

Daily average response time of Buffer's public pages, measured by our probes.

Not enough data yet — this chart fills in as our monitoring runs.

Score trend

Daily reliability score (rolling 90-day window).

Not enough data yet — this chart fills in as our monitoring runs.

Buffer incident history (last 90 days)

Source: Buffer status page · last checked

Our independent monitoring

We check these public Buffer pages every 5 minutes. An outage is recorded after two consecutive failed checks.

PageLast checkUptime (30d)Avg response
HomepageInconclusive ——
Pricing pageInconclusive ——
Public APIUp 100%269 ms

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Buffer status FAQ

Is Buffer down right now?

No, Buffer is up and running. Buffer's status page currently reports all systems operational, and the Buffer page we check every five minutes is responding. This page updates automatically when that changes.

How reliable is Buffer?

Buffer has a reliability score of 58.8 out of 100, ranking #7 of 9 social media management tools. Over the last 90 days it had 99.23% effective uptime.

How often does Buffer have outages?

Buffer published 21 incidents on its status page in the last 90 days (8 partial or major outages) and 25 in the past 12 months.

How long do Buffer outages last?

Buffer resolves incidents in 3h 36m on average. Its longest outage in the past year lasted 3d, on Jul 13, 2026.

Does Buffer have a status page?

Yes. Buffer's official status page is status.buffer.com. We read it every five minutes and keep its full incident history.