What happens when a beloved communication platform like Discord goes down? On Wednesday, thousands of users reported widespread connection failures, primarily impacting voice services. Many encountered the frustrating ‘Awaiting Endpoint’ error, which prevented them from connecting to voice channels.
According to Downdetector, there were more than 22,000 outage reports at 3:19 p.m. Eastern time, with the number dropping to over 7,000 reports by 4:34 p.m. Eastern time. A significant 65% of these reports were related to issues with the voice chat feature, highlighting the extent of the disruption.
Discord acknowledged the outage, stating, “We’re aware of an issue that impacted voice connectivity on Discord and have identified and mitigated the cause.” Their engineers noted degraded performance around 3:20 p.m. Eastern time, prompting immediate action to resolve the situation.
Users took to social media to express their frustrations, with one asking, “Is anyone else having issues with Discord right now? It just says Awaiting Endpoint when trying to connect to a voice channel.” Another user lamented, “Is Discord dead tonight? Been stuck on awaiting endpoint for voice chat on both mobile and PC.”
The ‘Awaiting Endpoint’ error often occurs during major outages, networking issues, or server-side failures, making it a familiar sight during such disruptions. As of 5:11 p.m. Eastern time, users were still reporting issues, indicating that the problem was not fully resolved.
Discord’s team is actively investigating the issue, aiming to prevent similar outages in the future. While the outage primarily affected voice services, text and other features appeared to function normally, providing some relief to users who still needed to communicate.
As the community awaits further updates, many are hopeful for a swift resolution. Discord has reassured users that they are working diligently to restore full functionality and prevent this from happening again.
