Slack is in the US, so that users cannot communicate with colleagues in the middle of a working day.
The status page of the company shows problems that are affected at 10:27 am et and about 21 minutes later certain slack a variety of API end points, sending/receiving messages and some threads are also influenced.
Slack is used by more than 33 million people to work together and communicate at work, but the malfunction means that many companies may have to get tasks on hold.
It is unknown how many users are influenced.
The cloud-based message platform said it is working on functionality towards affected weak functions such as sending messages, workflows, threads and other API-related functions.
“Users can also encounter problems when logging in,” Slack shared.
'Thank you for your constant patience while we keep investigating. We will follow further updates as soon as they become available. '
Slack is in the US, so users are unable to communicate with colleagues in the middle of a working day
The malfunction has frustrated many users while it struck in the middle of a working day
Although companies that use the platform are likely to pause certain tasks, employees see the malfunction as a break in the action.
One X user posted: 'Slack is down. I have not felt peace for five years. '
While another sees the malfunction as a plate from above.
'Slack is down and it will be 59 degrees outside. This is God who tells us to touch grass, “they have posted.
Down detector, a site that monitors online disruptions, received most output reports on the app (60 percent), followed by the server connection (24 percent) and website (16 percent).
And a fault card shows that a large part of the east coast has been influenced.
