Security News > 2021 > May > Slack is down, massive outage blocks user logins and messages
2021-05-20 17:49
Slack is experiencing a worldwide outage preventing users from posting messages, uploading images, or connecting to their servers.
May 20, 5:27 PM UTC. Some users may be experiencing issues loading Slack.
May 20, 5:17 PM UTC. In our tests, reloading Slack did not fix the issues.
Update 5/20/21 2:57 PM EST: Slack has stated that they have resolved the issue and users can relaunch Slack to connect to their servers.
If you are still experiencing any trouble, please fully quit your Slack app or browser using Command + Q or Ctrl + Q, and then reopen it.
May 20, 2:36 PM EDT. In our tests, BleepingComputer has been able to connect to Slack servers again.