Outage report · Partial outage
Slack outage on Aug 6, 2026
Incident: Trouble Using Search Bar For Some Admins
SeverityPartial outage
StartedAug 6, 2026, 22:22UTC
ResolvedAug 7, 2026, 01:08UTC
Duration2h 46m
What happened
Slack reported a partial outage starting Aug 6, 2026, 22:22 UTC. It was marked resolved at Aug 7, 2026, 01:08 UTC.
- The incident lasted 2h 46m from first report to resolution.
- Slack had reported 11 other partial or major outages in the 90 days before it.
- 6 other vendors we track reported a significant incident within 12 hours of it.
Latest update from Slack
3:22pm PDT Since approximately 21:00 UTC on August 6, some admins have been unable to click or use the search bar on org dashboard pages. We are aware of this issue and are actively investigating the cause. We'll provide an update in 60 minutes or sooner if additional information becomes available. 4:11pm PDT We have identified the cause of this issue as a recent change and have started the process of rolling back the problematic change. 6:07pm PDT We've completed the rollback of the recent change that was the trigger of the issue. The Search bar and Admin dashboard is restored for all users.We apologize for the inconvenience caused to you and your business.
What our independent monitoring saw
Our independent monitoring of Slack started after this incident, so this report is based on Slack's status page.
Other outages around the same time
Significant incidents other vendors reported within 12 hours of this one.
Slack's overall reliability
41.6/100
Slack has a reliability score of 41.6/100, with 97.89% effective uptime and 8 incidents over the last 90 days.
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