- As of Friday morning, the popular messaging service Slack is experiencing major disruptions.
- Though users are able to login, there are major functionality issues — some messages aren’t going through, some can’t be edited, others being duplicated, and normal operations like link previews aren’t always working.
- The company, which recently went public, acknowledged the issues on its service page and said the issues began early on Friday morning.
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No, it’s not just you: Slack is behaving weirdly as of Friday morning.
The list of issues is wide-ranging: Some messages aren’t going through, and others won’t allow users to edit them. Links won’t necessarily show a preview, and some files attempting to be uploaded aren’t being uploaded, or messages are showing up twice.
In short, Slack functionality on Friday morning is erratic and undependable.
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The company says issues started just before 8AM ET on Friday morning, and have persisted in the ensuing hour.
In our experience — Business Insider uses Slack as our main communication tool — the service is functional but unpredictable.
For instance: Messages will show up as "unable to send," and when "Try Again" is clicked, the message posts twice.
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If you’re looking to stay as up to date as possible on Slack getting fixed, head over to the Slack status website right here.
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Source: Business Insider – feedback@businessinsider.com (Ben Gilbert)