Slack App Suffers Worldwide Outage On Thursday

May 21, 2021

On Thursday, Slack experienced a major outage that prevented users from sending messages, uploading pictures, and connecting to servers.

When users tried to connect with Slack, a message was sent saying, “Something’s gone awry, and we’re having trouble loading your workspace.”

Similar messages appeared when users tried to post images or send a message to a channel.

Updates from the company have revealed that the issues have been fixed and the app should now run smoothly.

For more information, read the original story in Bleeping Computer.

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