On 10 September 2026, an outage hit Discord. Users flagged voice calls failing to connect and saw a "waiting for voice server" error. Downdetector registered thousands of complaints about broken calls. App and website issues were flagged too. The problems hit voice chats, with many users saying calls would not start or dropped.
Outage reports persisted into 11 September, impacting users in the US and elsewhere. The Sunday Guardian and Asbury Park Press reported on the outage. AOL.com carried a Discord status update. Downdetector continued to log complaints. Discord gave no confirmed fix or restart time, with users left waiting for service to return.