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// Messaging

Is Skype down right now?

Skype appears to be operating normally.

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

Live·Checking probes…·Last status change 14d ago

OperationalOpen Skype
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Major incidents
0
Regional issues
N/A
Est. user impact
0%
low
// Live incident room

Live Incident Room

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// Paid feature

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// Drill deeper

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// What we're seeing
Recent outages
No user spikeProbes idleDNS unknownNo chatter spikeNo anomaly detected
// Global impact
Live map
Status by region
  • Operational27
  • Degraded0
  • Outage0
  • No data0
// 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 Skype.
// Timeline · last hour
−60mnow
// Drill deeper
All Skype signals Regions & probes Incidents history
// Report an issue

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// 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

// Regional reachability for Skype

Last 15 min · 27 regions

Asia-Pacific

  • Hong Kong, HK473 msReachable
  • Mumbai, IN361 msReachable
  • Seoul, KR411 msReachable
  • Singapore, SG394 msReachable
  • Sydney, AU369 msReachable
  • Tokyo, JP387 msReachable

Europe

  • Dublin, IE298 msReachable
  • Frankfurt, DE375 msReachable
  • London, GB382 msReachable
  • Madrid, ES447 msReachable
  • Paris, FR378 msReachable
  • Stockholm, SE368 msReachable

Latin America

  • Buenos Aires, AR747 msReachable
  • Santiago, CL671 msReachable
  • Sao Paulo, BR356 msReachable

Middle East & Africa

  • Dubai, AE478 msReachable
  • Johannesburg, ZA353 msReachable
  • Tel Aviv, IL492 msReachable

North America

  • Ashburn, US1776 msReachable
  • Chicago, US1739 msReachable
  • Columbus, US1977 msReachable
  • Dallas, US1714 msReachable
  • Mexico City, MX1688 msReachable
  • Portland, US1553 msReachable
  • San Jose, US2035 msReachable
  • Toronto, CA1750 msReachable
  • Vancouver, CA1838 msReachable

Live regional checks for Skype from probes in 5 world regions. Updated continuously.

Probe diagnostics

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Regional reports

Not enough regional signal yet.

Official sources (for reference)

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

// Current status

Current Skype status

Skype status: Operational. Nothing's wrong that we can see. Looks like things are working for most people. In the last hour, Downrightnow received 0 user reports.

// Recent user reports

Recent Skype user reports

No user reports for Skype in the last hour.

// Common problems

Common Skype problems

// What to do

What to do if Skype is not working

  1. 01Check this page, if many users are reporting Skype issues, it's not just you.
  2. 02Refresh Skype 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 Skype app cache or sign out and back in.
  5. 05Update the Skype app to the latest version.
  6. 06Check the official Skype status page or social channels for confirmation.
  7. 07If Skype is confirmed down, wait it out, outages are usually fixed within minutes to a few hours.
// Outage history

Recent Skype outage history

No incidents on record for Skype.
// Historical lookback

Skype outage history

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