Just yesterday, on November 10, 2025, Slack, the go-to app for office chatter and collaboration, went dark for many users. Reports flooded in around midday, with over 15,000 incidents popping up on monitoring sites, mostly complaining about login troubles, message delays, and search glitches. Teams across the globe scrambled to switch to emails or old-school phone calls, highlighting how hooked we’ve become on these digital lifelines.
The hiccup seemed tied to backend issues affecting files, AI features, search, and basic messaging. Slack’s team jumped on it quick, rolling out fixes by early afternoon. By evening, their status page lit up green, confirming no ongoing disruptions. For the month so far, uptime holds steady at 100% overall, but this blip underscores the fragility of our cloud-dependent workflows.
While not a total blackout—some regions dodged the bullet entirely—the outage hit hard for remote workers and big enterprises alike. It’s a reminder that even polished platforms like Slack aren’t immune to the occasional stumble, especially as they pack in more bells and whistles. Users are breathing easier today, but with hybrid work here to stay, one can’t help but wonder if we’re too reliant on a single thread in the communication web.
