Is Buffer down right now?
No — Buffer is up. All systems operational as of Aug 19, 10:37 PM UTC.
Current Status
All Systems Operational
Components
Recent Incidents
Issue with updating the payment method and billing information in your Buffer account.
minorAug 19, 2026 · resolved Aug 19
The issue affecting updates to billing information through the billing page has been fully resolved, and the page is now functioning as expected. If you experience any further issues, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team for assistance.
Buffer Login Disruption
majorAug 9, 2026 · resolved Aug 10
Things have remained stable following the fix, and we’re now marking this incident as fully resolved. Publishing success rates have returned to normal, and we’re no longer seeing reports of users being unexpectedly logged out. We’re sorry again for the disruption, and we appreciate your patience while our team worked to get things back to normal. Please reach out to us at hello@buffer.com if you're still experiencing issues.
Issue with approval notification emails
minorAug 7, 2026 · resolved Aug 7
The issue with _approval required_ notification emails has been fully resolved, and it’s functioning as expected again. If you encounter any further problems, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team.
Issues with publishing posts to Pinterest
noneAug 5, 2026 · resolved Aug 5
We are aware that earlier today, Wednesday 5th August, at roughly 9am UTC, there was a temporary issue that impacted the publishing success rates of Pinterest. It does appear that this was an issue directly with Pinterest's API, and it was a transient issue that recovered by 9:50am UTC. Publishing success for posts from Buffer to Pinterest are back to normal levels now. If you noticed any of your posts from earlier today to Pinterest have failed, retrying them again in Buffer should allow them to post normally. We're very sorry for any inconvenience caused by this incident.
Issue Publishing Posts to Facebook
minorJul 29, 2026 · resolved Jul 30
Thank you for all your patience with us as we continued to monitor the fix that was put in place yesterday over that small number of Facebook posts that failed. We have fully resolved this incident now, and after monitoring for the past 24 hours, we're fully confident everything is back to normal. Apologies again for any inconvenience that may have been created through this temporary issue.
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Buffer status — frequently asked questions
Is Buffer down right now?
No — Buffer is up. All systems operational as of Aug 19, 10:37 PM UTC.
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