Slack goes down with users reporting they are unable to send or receive messages on the popular communication platform

Slack, the popular team communication platform, had its service restored Monday evening after a blackout left users unable to send or receive messages.

Outage-tracking website Downdetector received 932 reports as of 5:57 pm EDT. While the vast majority concerned issues accessing the Slack application, some users reported problems with server connectivity and the platform's website.

Slack later issued a statement at 6:04 pm confirming the outage which sparked fury from users on social media.

'We're investigating issues users are having with sending and loading messages, including threads,' read an update posted to the Slack Status website. 'We'll be back with an update as soon as we know more.'

Another update was posted at 6:30 pm. 'We're still working to identify the root cause of the issue, however, this is isolated to workspaces with International Data Residency (IDR) enabled,' it read.

'Affected users on desktop and mobile may be experiencing additional issues with loading channels, huddles, canvases, and some workflows.'

Slack, the popular team communication platform, was experiencing issues Monday evening

Hundreds of outages were reported after the cloud-based messaging app went offline

A message was posted to the Slack Status website notifying users of an issue 'loading multiple features in Slack'

A final message posted at 6:51 pm notified users that the cause of the issue had been identified.

'We rolled back a recent change that resolved the issue for affected users,' the message read. 

'We appreciate your patience while we sorted this out and apologize for any interruption to your day.'

As of 7 pm, the Slack Status website still showed 100 percent uptime for the month of March.

The incident was reminiscent of an hour-long outage in July 2023 that left users worldwide unable to message each other.

Monday's blackout is the latest in a series of outages on popular platforms. Just last week, Instagram, Facebook and its companion app Messenger experienced a major interruption.

The platforms were down for at least two and a half hours on Tuesday, sending hundreds of thousands of users into a panic as they struggled to sign into their accounts.

A source told DailyMail.com that Meta's internal systems were not working at the time its service dashboard showed 'major disruptions' for many of its services.

Andy Stone, Meta's communication director, posted a statement on social media nearly two hours after users first reported problems.

As of 7 pm, the platform's status website still reported 100 percent uptime for the month of March despite the service interruption

On March 5, Instagram , Facebook and Messenger experienced a major interruption that left users unable to access their accounts

Andy Stone, Meta's communication director, posted an apology to social media after the issues were remedied

'Earlier today, a technical issue caused people to have difficulty accessing some of our services,' Stone wrote. 'We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted, and we apologize for any inconvenience.'

He declined to elaborate on the nature of the technical issue.

One day later on March 6, networking platform LinkedIn crashed, displaying an error message to tens of thousands of users as they attempted to log in.

The message first appeared around 9 pm, according to Downdetector.

LinkedIn announced it was 'back up and running' around an hour later and apologized for the service interruption. 

One day later, networking platform LinkedIn crashed, displaying an error message for thousands of users

Also last week, content-sharing website Reddit experienced 'intermittent issues and slow loads for users'

The following day, scores of Reddit users complained that the site had gone down around 2 pm.

It was the second issue the site had encountered in a span of hours. Around 11 am the same day, Reddit was loading slowly and experiencing 'intermittent failures.' 

In a post to X, formerly Twitter, the network said it was investigating an issue that was causing 'intermittent issues and slow loads for users.'

The outage impacted users worldwide, including those in Germany, the United Kingdom and Canada, but most reports originated from the United States.

Reddit saw a heightened number of incidents since February 22, with at least three occurring since then.