Outage report · Major outage

Help Scout outage on Dec 20, 2025

Docs site not loading

SeverityMajor outage
StartedDec 20, 2025, 21:24UTC
ResolvedDec 20, 2025, 22:43UTC
Duration1h 19m

What happened

Help Scout reported a major outage starting Dec 20, 2025, 21:24 UTC, affecting Docs Sites. It was marked resolved at Dec 20, 2025, 22:43 UTC.

  • The incident lasted 1h 19m from first report to resolution.
  • It was the 3rd longest of 3 significant outages Help Scout reported in the 12 months up to it.
  • Help Scout had reported 3 other partial or major outages in the 90 days before it.

Latest update from Help Scout

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What our independent monitoring saw

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Help Scout's overall reliability

89.2/100

Help Scout has a reliability score of 89.2/100, with 99.91% effective uptime and 6 incidents over the last 90 days.

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