Discord outage hits US users as direct messages fail

Discord users across the US are reporting an outage on Tuesday, with over 4,100 complaints logged by 2:52pm EDT, primarily affecting direct messages and causing a "red text" error for some senders. Discord acknowledged the issue on X, stating "she isn't ghosting you, dm's are down," and later confirmed it is investigating an impact on users' ability to send direct messages. User reports also mention broken commands and endless loading screens. The company has not provided a timeline for a full fix. Some users have linked the outage to ongoing frustrations over a separate CSAM-related ban bug affecting accounts for over a month.