No, it’s not just you.
Slack is experiencing issues, as noted on the company’s status page. The issues appear to largely be focused on its Workspace/Org Administration service. We here at TechCrunch HQ East are no longer able to send one another direct messages, and honestly the idea of swiveling our chairs around to speak to one another is giving us some intense anxiety.
Thank goodness for Twitter DMs, right?
We are looking into connectivity issues at this time. We'll keep you posted as soon as we have news on this. https://t.co/47enX4qkmr
— Slack Status (@SlackStatus) August 16, 2018
According to the latest update, “Our team is looking into the issues preventing private channel membership from displaying in Enterprise Grid workspaces.”
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We’ll update as we hear more. Until then, enjoy the long weekend, I guess.
Update: Slack notes “We’re still working to ensure this is fully resolved, however folks may be seeing improvements at this time. Thanks for bearing with us.” We’ve seen some on our end, so I guess maybe don’t leave the office just yet.
Update 2: Slack appears to be fully operational now. The company writes, “Thanks for your patience and understanding while we worked to resolve the connection problems. Everyone should now be able to connect once again.”
Brian Heater was the Hardware Editor at TechCrunch until early 2025. He has worked for a number of leading tech publications, including Engadget, PCMag, Laptop, and Tech Times, where he served as the Managing Editor. His writing has appeared in Spin, Wired, Playboy, Entertainment Weekly, The Onion, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Beast and various other publications. He hosts the weekly Boing Boing interview podcast RiYL, has appeared as a regular NPR contributor and shares his Queens apartment with a rabbit named Juniper.