Is Slack Messaging down right now?

Yes, Slack Messaging is experiencing a partial outage. This component is experiencing issues that may affect Slack functionality.

What is Slack Messaging?

Slack Messaging is a critical component of Slack's infrastructure. This component plays an essential role in the overall service delivery and user experience. We monitor Slack Messaging continuously to track its availability, performance, and health metrics.

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You can subscribe to receive instant notifications about Slack Messaging status changes, including outages, performance issues, and maintenance activities. Our notification system provides real-time alerts via email when this component experiences issues or when service is restored.

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Slack Messaging Status

Partial Outage

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checked Sep 11, 2026 2:01 PM UTC · Slack Messaging's official status page

Is Slack Messaging Working Right Now?

Partially. Some of Slack Messaging is down.

Slack Messaging is experiencing a partial outage affecting some users and services.

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All Slack components

Service health

The record

90 day period · not affected by the range above

Availability

84.0%

This component only

Incidents

Recorded for Messaging

Longest incident

28d 16h

Single worst stretch

Availability counts operational or degraded time as available for this component alone. Partial outages count as half downtime and major outages count in full, scheduled maintenance is excluded from the calculation, and periods with no recorded status are counted as available rather than assumed down. Figures cover this component only — the service-wide record is on the Messaging service page.

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Recent Messaging outages & status updates

Status changes and service events for Messaging over the last 30 days

Messaging experienced a partial outage

Aug 13 · still ongoing

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Common questions about monitoring Messaging and reading its status.

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