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Working normallyChecked 17 min ago

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Descript's last 90 days

Problems reported: 13
Time with problems: 33 h 30 min
Major outages: 9 h 37 min
Last problem: 29 Sep

90 days agoToday

No problems
Some problems
Major outage
Planned work
No record yet

Recent problems

29 Sep19:12
Transcription jobs failing
Major outage · 54 min
15 Sep16:17
Issues with Project Sync
Some problems · 3 h 1 min
14 Sep14:09
Rooms Recording Outage
Major outage · 36 min
11 Sep00:15
Underlord
Some problems · 16 h 7 min
10 Sep22:18
Backend Workflow Outage
Some problems · 2 h 36 min
4 Sep23:51
Video playback freezing when exporting or publishing
Some problems · 47 min
4 Sep14:53
Some Transcription requests are failing
Major outage · 3 h 7 min
4 Sep02:31
Avatar generation is unavailable
Major outage · 3 h 46 min

What Descript reports on

Desktop AppWorking
Web AppWorking
EditingWorking
Live Collaboration/Project SyncWorking
Media PlaybackWorking
File upload/syncWorking
TranscriptionWorking
Generated speechWorking
CleanupWorking
Studio soundWorking

Show all 25 parts

Roomtone extractionWorking
Automatic multicamWorking
AvatarsWorking
Center active speakerWorking
Eye contactWorking
Green screenWorking
Image generationWorking
Video RegenerateWorking
Create clips and reelsWorking
TranslateWorking
SuggestionsWorking
AgentWorking
RoomsWorking
RecorderWorking
SquadcastWorking

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Ranked by their own reported problems over the last 90 days. * The record for this app is still filling in.

Is Descript safe to use?

Facts from its own public records, checked every day.

Fake emails in its name: Blocked. Emails pretending to come from descript.com are rejected by inboxes. Check your own domain with LeadLamp
Secure connection: Yes. Its website certificate is valid until 30 Dec 2026 (issued by Google Trust Services).
Security contact: Not published. We didn't find a security.txt file telling researchers where to report problems. Many apps use their help pages instead.
Known data breaches: None listed. Have I Been Pwned lists no data breaches for descript.com.

Checked 21 Oct 2026 from descript.com's public records. Breach data from Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0).

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