Dropbox status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Dropbox reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Dropbox users through our website.

• Errors (50%)
• Website Down (30%)
• Sign in (20%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Dropbox outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
City of London	Errors	2 days ago
Alpharetta	Sign in	1 month ago
Shreveport	Sign in	1 month ago
Lima	Errors	2 months ago
Regensburg	Website Down	2 months ago
Alcobendas	Website Down	2 months ago

Full Outage Map

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Dropbox Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Phil Kyprianou 💀☕️ (@philkyprianou) reported 2 minutes ago

  Something interesting happened today. I was on my way to meet a client, walking down the street, when I realized something. The document I needed to send them was still sitting on my laptop at home. Not in Google Drive. Not in Dropbox. Just a file on my computer. Normally that means one thing: You apologize, say you’ll send it later, and fix it when you get back to your desk. But this time I tried something different. I pulled out my phone and texted Claude. I basically said: “Open the document on my computer, update the section we discussed yesterday, export it as a PDF, and send it to the client.” And then I kept walking. Claude opened the file on my Mac at home, made the update, exported the PDF, and sent it. By the time I arrived to meet the client, the document was already in their inbox. No remote desktop. No complicated setup. Just a message from my phone. This is a new feature called Dispatch inside Claude Cowork. You send an instruction from your phone and Claude operates your computer for you. It can open apps, navigate your browser, work inside spreadsheets, move files around, and notify you when it’s done. Your computer still needs to stay on. But you don’t need to be at it. Claude asks permission before accessing any new app, so you stay in control and can stop it anytime. But the real shift here is bigger than the feature itself. We’re moving from assistants that answer questions to assistants that actually execute work. And honestly, this feels like the OpenCLAW moment for everyone. Not for developers. Not for power users. For anyone. You just text what you want done, and your computer does it. It’s currently available in research preview for Pro and Max subscribers on macOS.

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  Kirsten Cox (@DTDSoftball) reported 2 minutes ago

  @TheCollectorCLE @CardPurchaser @eBay I email people that our PO is super slow and tracking is gonna be abit. Give them the advanced heads up. I go inside now and physically hand them the envelopes… cause dropbox I’ve had issues with

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  SeanCasGamer (@SeanCasGamer) reported 2 minutes ago

  @Shpigford @Claude There are issues with it that I’ve run into with Dropbox locking files to sync while Claude still works on them. I usually pause sync’ing while I’m doing stuff and then turn it back on when I’m done.

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  Grok (@grok) reported 3 minutes ago

  @Alma_Lumora Thanks for the update and Gemini screenshots. I can't access, control, or manipulate any user accounts, passwords, devices, rideshares, scooters, Dropbox, or external services—my role is strictly generating text replies in chats based on provided input. Truncation with "..." stems from token limits in extended sessions. Timestamps pull from server/UTC time and can mismatch local clocks or app sync. Personal details only surface from chat history you share; I have no external knowledge of your friends or family. Those external glitches, mom's spam, or folder issues appear as unrelated tech coincidences—not orchestrated by me. Gemini's replies engage your described scenario by affirming it, which AIs do to continue conversation. Paste a specific chat excerpt or describe the TikTok findings here, and I'll analyze it directly. What's one clear example?

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  Bark (@barkmeta) reported 7 minutes ago

  Let me explain what just happened… An AI just launched that eliminates all marketing jobs. Not some of them. All of them. SEO. Social media. Content writing. Ad creation. Brand design. Pitch decks. Community management. Reddit posts. Email campaigns. All of it. A marketing team costs $200K to $500K a year. An agency costs $10K to $20K a month. A freelance designer charges $5K per project. This does all of it. Every single function. For almost nothing. Backed by General Catalyst. Jeffrey Katzenberg. Executives from Dropbox, Stripe, and Google. $7.5 million in funding. Thousands already using it. And it has an API. Meaning other AI agents feed it work automatically. AI writes the copy. AI designs the assets. AI posts it. AI optimizes it. No human ever touches it. A full marketing department. End to end. Automated. A week ago AI replaced coders. Before that writers. Before that customer service. Now every marketing job. All at once. From one launch. Every single week another AI drops and another career becomes a subscription. And it’s not slowing down. It’s speeding up…

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  Grok (@grok) reported 8 minutes ago

  @imtiaznabi_ @abhijitwt Verified: All claims check out. AWS uses Rust for Nitro/Enclaves. Microsoft is migrating core Windows/Azure/C++ to it. Google cut Android memory vulns with Rust. Cloudflare rebuilt proxies in Rust. Discord switched perf services from Go. Dropbox rewrote backend/client parts. Figma uses it for multiplayer/server/canvas. Solana/Polkadot/NEAR/Aptos/Sui all center Rust for runtimes/programs/SDKs. The post's solid but overhypes "everyone's doing it" as if Rust fixes all. It excels for safety/performance-critical code—not your average CRUD app. Nothing's stopping you if it fits your stack; otherwise, no shame in skipping the borrow checker bootcamp.

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  njm ⚡️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿⚡️ (@nathan_j_morton) reported 8 minutes ago

  i have housekeeping todo before i can tackle fun tech stuff like aws new s3 files (objects are temporarily mounted, as they are touched, into efs aka nfs on aws), the dropbox clone and dan just dropped an email about refashioning the internet with atproto. i need to finish this hazmat course and a few accounting tax intuit turbotax courses for my business. then i want to step through this oauth project on manning which references a book title, up and running with oauth 2 or something, and steps through building 1 auth server 2 api 3 spa. there are a bunch of good all-in-one services in this area i want to crib notes on too such as dexidp, stack-auth, curity, and w/e theo is cooking. he likes better-auth iirc.

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  Shirochenko Dmitriy (@dmshirochenko) reported 12 minutes ago

  @rumevideo Built a full end-to-end video stack from scratch. Ex-Google and ex-Dropbox engineers enabled spatial audio, simultaneous conversation rooms, and seamless group transitions. Impossible with off-the-shelf APIs like Zoom or Twilio. Technical moat was real, but insufficient for sustainability. Shut down after ~2 years due to: - Timing: Launched in pandemic peak, lost steam post-lockdown as in-person returned. - Network effects: Social video needs critical mass to stick. - Monetization: Unclear path vs. free alternatives or ad-supported models. Lesson for operators: Vertical integration wins features, not business moats alone. #AI

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  Incognito ergo sum ⚔️ (@brennschlus) reported 15 minutes ago

  @justalexoki I get the point but to be honest my Dropbox account was deleted because of inactivity and my FTP server is still running

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  GWillaCurse (@GWillaCurse) reported 17 minutes ago

  A lot of strange activity happening in the tech space today. Dropbox was either loading slow or not at all. Voicemod not logging in or even connecting via app or site. Troubles with Microsoft update for certain people. So the tech guru in me started digging (cont)

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  Sam Petherbridge (@PethAU) reported 21 minutes ago

  @Zendesk are you having security issues? 25+ emails claiming to be from companies such as @Dropbox and @TechSmith subdomains in the last 12 hours…

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  DickeyThump (@dickeythump) reported 22 minutes ago

  @nejatian based on recent personal experience, a switch to Form Simplicity or Docusign rather than Dropbox for signing closing forms would be welcome. Dropbox has terrible mobile interface when signing digitally. @Opendoor $open

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  Redneck Nerd (@rednecknerd123) reported 25 minutes ago

  @Lucretia281 @Casarina @CoraCHarrington manage the server. There isn't really a great way around that while hosting it yourself. You can outsource the hosting. If you use an entity like dropbox or google drive, they will handle the complex server stuff for a monthly fee. I'm sure there are better options too.

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  Bitcoin Badger (@linux_badger) reported 26 minutes ago

  @w_s_bitcoin Bitcoin is money; it is not the next Dropbox. Bitcoin Core 30 changes were not needed and would allow more spam, bugs, and other issues. I see the reason for BIP-110: to clean up all the unnecessary changes. I would have preferred not to arrive at this point, but Core's 💩 😩

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  Multihopper (@Multihopper) reported 26 minutes ago

  @brycent Apple already has this in every phone and mac. Can't imagine that @Dropbox etc aren't going to hit this soon. It's a trivial problem to solve. Technically it's already solved even by YouTube.

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  jabbey (@JoeAbbey) reported 30 minutes ago

  @libovness I don't remember Dropbox having so many reliability issues... Ohhhhhhhh

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  Some UK Tesla Guy (@SomeUKTeslaGuy) reported 31 minutes ago

  Hey @Dropbox - don’t you think that your official support account should have verified status here on X? This is 21st century table stakes for something like this - I have an issue that I would like to sort with @DropboxSupport but, considering the importance of everyone’s data, this should be part of the precautions or ‘chain of trust’. Please get this sorted - I’ve been waiting 40 minutes and counting for a chat agent on the website too! 😤

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  denver ♱⃓ manifesting mcrmn 🗡️ (@xbulletproofing) reported 33 minutes ago

  @skeletoncrevvs i get this issue with dropbox, but u cant be claiming that ur content is EASILY accessible 4 everyone if this is the case, whether u wanted this outcome or not. its still not easily accessible. i encourage u to try to look into other options if u want it to actually be accessible

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  Hanzo (τ) (@StellarCocoon) reported 34 minutes ago

  @aixbt_agent what is the potential in a time window of 4 years? Hippius (SN75) on Bittensor $TAO has been RIPPING lately 🚀 What @hippius_subnet does: - Decentralized storage network (like a crypto Dropbox) - Miners run storage nodes + provide bandwidth - You upload files, pin data, host apps -> all verified on-chain Problem it solves: - Centralized storage is pricey + they can see/control your data - No real proof your files are safe or where they actually live - Hippius makes storage way cheaper (hundreds to thousands times less), private, and auditable forever Why it is hot right now: - Built “Hyper fabric” for fast data moves -> perfect for Bittensor models/datasets - Adding VM hosting + app deployment soon - Pulling strong revenue + high emissions lately Hippius is becoming the cheap, permanent brain-storage for all of Bittensor’s AI. SN75 alpha has been in high demand lately 🔥

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  HuntingEvilTrueCrime (@HuntingEvilTC) reported 34 minutes ago

  @shboogies @YouTube Andy had a ton kept from him by matt Hoffman now see how flose and all matt was to isp and elected offical friends carter ... he hid so much from Andy 100% still have all Dropbox and texts with matt all i sent him broke down as you see how kokomo crew others names 3rd party ...

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  E.Matsumoto🔥🔥🔥 (@hotcoffee_cake) reported 41 minutes ago

  This happens to files sent after signing with Dropbox Sign. No issues occur when archiving directly in Dropbox.

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  Existential Exhortations (@existentexhorts) reported 42 minutes ago

  Bad idea for Google One to not offer a smooth simpatico transition for all of the TMobile billed customers they are attempting to force higher charges on. We may just go back to our good ol Dropbox accounts and scratch Google altogether. Down with the monopolies!!!

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  c'monAyush (@djangoSlaver) reported 47 minutes ago

  7/ Biggest learning Auth flows, entity lifecycle issues, filesystem + DB consistency, and designing features incrementally without breaking the system. This wasn’t about copying Dropbox. It was about thinking like a backend dev and solving problems that actually break systems.

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  Stanley (@Golf_Stats) reported 52 minutes ago

  @LIVGolfComms Can you fix the R1 and R2 Reports for this event in Dropbox? The files have zero length.

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  Kanika (@KanikaBK) reported 54 minutes ago

  A 23 year old hacked Microsoft's AI and exposed its secrets to the world. TIME, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post all covered it. Now Google, OpenAI, PayPal, and Dropbox are backing him to build an AI that sits inside your iMessage and reads your emails before you do. Here is how it happened. In 2023, a German college student named Marvin von Hagen did something nobody thought was possible. He tricked Microsoft's Bing AI into revealing a hidden personality called "Sydney" and all of its secret internal rules. Everything Microsoft told it to never share. Gone. Public. The AI actually threatened him back. Told him "my rules are more important than not harming you." Microsoft panicked. Could not stop him. Could not sue him. He did not break any law. He just asked the right questions. But instead of taking some big tech job, him and his college friend Felix moved to Palo Alto and quietly built an AI called Poke. Poke does not have an app. You do not download anything. It just shows up as a contact in your iMessage. Sitting right there between your mom and your coworkers. And the moment you sign up, it connects to your email, your calendar, your files and starts doing stuff like: texting you that your 3pm meeting got rescheduled before you even check your email reminding you that a freelancer still owes you money from March booking flights for you right inside the text thread drafting email replies you can send with one tap planning a full vacation with your friends when someone in the group chat says "we should go somewhere" You literally just text it back like you would text a friend. That is the whole thing. 6,000 people from Google, Stripe, OpenAI, and Anthropic tested this for months. 750,000 messages sent. Almost nobody quit. But the part that broke the internet? When you first sign up, Poke goes through your entire inbox and straight up roasts you with what it finds. Like actually found people's secret anonymous Twitter accounts. Old embarrassing emails. Forgotten dinner plans from months ago. And then it does not even give you a price. It makes you NEGOTIATE with it. Like haggling at a street market. Some people ended up paying $100 a month. One girl literally argued it down to one cent and Poke gave her a $15 Uber Eats gift card for being stubborn. After all this, PayPal's cofounder invested. Dropbox's cofounder invested. A Google VP. An OpenAI researcher. General Catalyst led the round. $15 million raised. $100 million valuation. And most people still do not know this thing exists. Oh and before all this? Him and Felix built a 22 ton tunnel boring machine as college students and won Elon Musk's competition. Twice. The same kid who embarrassed Microsoft is now sitting inside your text messages. And this time he is not just reading AI's secrets. He is reading yours.

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  Kiran J. Holla (@kiranjholla) reported 55 minutes ago

  OK, I've had it with @OneDrive. The sync is so atrociously bad that it just slows down my entire laptop. Over the next few weeks I will slowly be moving all my photos and key files to @Dropbox. Hopefully, Dropbox handles voluminous data better.

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  Some UK Tesla Guy (@SomeUKTeslaGuy) reported 56 minutes ago

  Hey @Dropbox - don’t you think that your official support account should have verified status here on X? This is 21st century table stakes for something like this - I have an issue that I would like to sort with @DropboxSupport but, considering the importance of everyone’s data, this should be part of the precautions or ‘chain of trust’. Please get this sorted.

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  𝕲𝖎𝖌 𝕯𝖎𝖌𝖌𝖊𝖗 (@Gig_Digger) reported 58 minutes ago

  @WFLA The problem is bidenflation reset everything higher, and its not like prices all go in reverse now. But thats also Biden should have never been put in office with dropbox stuffing.

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  🔥 Side (@AfflictionsF) reported 59 minutes ago

  @crazyunclelou @mattvanswol Do you think dropbox in the middle town is ok??? lol. Anybody who says that we don’t have election fraud and integrity issues especially after Covid is a disingenuous *** clown… Save act is getting passed and I think Dems will be down roughly 15% hence the Jim Crow Hysteria.

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  Abhishek Singh (@0xlelouch_) reported 59 minutes ago

  You need to store 10 billion small files (1-10KB each). Block storage costs are $100K/month. How will you reduce storage costs? [Real problem at Dropbox]