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Is Buffer down right now?

Buffer is reachable but responding slowly.

Independent community-run outage tracker · Not affiliated with Buffer.

Live·Checking probes…·Last status change 2d ago

Degraded PerformanceOpen Buffer
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Major incidents
0
Regional issues
N/A
Est. user impact
Unmeasured
no per-region telemetry
// Live incident room

Live Incident Room

No active room

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// Paid feature

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// Drill deeper

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// What we're seeing
Outage timeline
No user spikeProbes idleDNS unknownNo chatter spikeAnomaly detected
// Global impact
Live map
Per-region telemetry not collected for Buffer.
Outage scope below is based on status-page + community signals.
Status by region
Scope unmeasured
We don't yet collect per-region health for this service. Watch the Official status, Signals, and Timeline panels below for what's known.
// Signals summary
User Reports
Quiet
No recent surge
Synthetic Probes
No data
Awaiting probe
DNS
Unknown
No data
External Chatter
Quiet
No meaningful chatter
News & Network
Normal
No anomaly detected
// Official status
No incidents reported by Buffer.
// Timeline · last hour
−60mnow
// Drill deeper
All Buffer signals Regions & probes Incidents history
// Report an issue

Report an issue

Anonymous. Helps everyone see what's happening in real time.

Approximate region may be used for outage aggregation. We do not store your raw IP address.

// Health check

Health check

No checks yet.
// Reports · last 60 min

Reports, last 60 min

0 total reports in last hour
// Issue breakdown

Issue breakdown

No reports in the last hour.

// signal coverage · 8/11 sources
all clear
Direct measurementOur own probes hitting the service from the internet
  • ProbesQuiet
  • DNSQuiet
  • BGPN/A
  • TLSQuiet
  • ISPN/A
Provider signalsWhat the company itself is publishing
  • Status pageQuiet
  • CloudN/A
Community chatterWhat real users and the press are saying
  • ReportsQuiet
  • SocialQuiet
  • HNQuiet
  • NewsQuiet
Healthydata flowing, no problemsPartialsome regions or checks failingIssuesignal indicates a problemQuietsubscribed, nothing to reportN/Anot applicable to this service

We cross-reference every source above before calling an outage. One noisy signal doesn't escalate, we wait for independent confirmation.

// Detailed telemetry

Probe diagnostics

Loading probe diagnostics…

Regional reports

Not enough regional signal yet.

Official sources (for reference)

What Buffer's own status page is reporting. Our verdict above weighs this alongside independent signals, it does not rely on it.

// Current status

Current Buffer status

Buffer status: Degraded Performance. We're seeing mixed signals from Buffer, hard to say. Might only be affecting some people, or only in certain places. In the last hour, Downrightnow received 0 user reports.

// Recent user reports

Recent Buffer user reports

No user reports for Buffer in the last hour.

// Common problems

Common Buffer problems

// What to do

What to do if Buffer is not working

  1. 01Check this page, if many users are reporting Buffer issues, it's not just you.
  2. 02Refresh Buffer or restart the app. Many transient errors clear on a second try.
  3. 03Check your internet connection and try a different network (Wi-Fi vs. cellular).
  4. 04Clear the Buffer app cache or sign out and back in.
  5. 05Update the Buffer app to the latest version.
  6. 06Check the official Buffer status page or social channels for confirmation.
  7. 07If Buffer is confirmed down, wait it out, outages are usually fixed within minutes to a few hours.
// Outage history

Recent Buffer outage history

No incidents on record for Buffer.
// Historical lookback

Buffer outage history

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