Is Buffer down right now?
Buffer reports normal operation and user reports are at a normal level. This page updates itself every few minutes.
OKWorking normally
Official status read from status.buffer.com, checked just now. Checked every 5 minutes.
Official status
Buffer reports normal operation. All Systems Operational
User reports
People press this button when Buffer is not working for them. A spike here usually shows up before the official status changes.
Last 24 hours, one bar per 15 minutes. 0 in the last 15 minutes, 0 in the last hour, 0 in 24 hours.
Parts of Buffer
Buffer reports status per part. In your account you can watch only the parts you use.
| Part | Status |
|---|---|
| Analytics | OKWorking normally |
| Bluesky | OKWorking normally |
| Buffer API | OKWorking normally |
| Buffer MCP | OKWorking normally |
| Channel connections | OKWorking normally |
| Community | OKWorking normally |
| OKWorking normally | |
| Google Business profile | OKWorking normally |
| OKWorking normally | |
| OKWorking normally | |
| Login | OKWorking normally |
| Mastodon | OKWorking normally |
| OKWorking normally | |
| Publishing | OKWorking normally |
| Settings | OKWorking normally |
| Threads | OKWorking normally |
| TikTok | OKWorking normally |
| X | OKWorking normally |
| Youtube | OKWorking normally |
While Buffer is down
- Pause scheduled campaigns if you can; otherwise they queue and send when it is back.
- Reply to urgent customers from your normal mailbox.
- Form leads and chats are usually kept and delivered late, not lost.
The full guide: what to do when a service you rely on is down
Recent incidents
- Degraded Performance, resolved after 12 minutes
- Buffer Service Disruption, resolved after 3.4 hours
- Issue Connecting & Refreshing YouTube, resolved after 27.1 hours
- Issue Publishing Video Posts to Substack, resolved after 2 minutes
- Issue with publishing to Mastodon accounts hosted on mastodon.social and mastodon.online, resolved after 2.4 hours
- Issues with Buffer fully loading, resolved after 1.3 hours
- Degraded Performance, resolved after 1.1 hours
- Issue Connecting and Refreshing Threads, resolved after 4 hours
- Buffer Service Disruption, resolved after 56 minutes
- Issue with creating Pinterest posts, resolved after 1 minute
- Availability, 30 days
- 100% by official status
- User-report spikes, 30 days
- 0
- Businesses watching
- 0
Common questions
Is Buffer down right now?
As of 2 Nov 2026, 5:52 am, Buffer reports normal operation. 0 user reports in the last 15 minutes.
Is it just me or is Buffer down for everyone?
Compare the official status above with the user reports. Many reports from different places means it is Buffer; none means check your own internet, sign-in or browser first.
What should I do while Buffer is down?
Pause scheduled campaigns if you can; otherwise they queue and send when it is back.
How do I get told when Buffer goes down?
Add Buffer to your free account. You get an email when its official status changes; Fast Tool Alerts adds two-minute checks, SMS, and alerts on spikes in user reports.
Get an alert when Buffer goes down
Official status changes by email, free. Add Fast Tool Alerts for two-minute checks, SMS, and user-report spikes before the vendor admits it.