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

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Madrid	Errors	4 days ago
Conneaut	Sign in	19 days ago
City of London	Errors	27 days ago
Alpharetta	Sign in	2 months ago
Shreveport	Sign in	2 months ago
Lima	Errors	3 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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  Josh Humble (@joshhumble) reported 35 seconds ago

  Syncing and backup services suck, both on-site and online. I've had to quit Dropbox, due to a barrage of terrible new policies for Mac years ago. iDrive is now taking days for simple backups of a few gigs, and my Lacie syncing service for my Lacie's started randomly deleting files on my HD last year. Why can't we just get GOOD software without the drama of software engineers??? Any suggestions for a real backup service that doesn't screw with their customers would be appreciated.

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  Josh Schorle (@JoshSchorle) reported 48 seconds ago

  @heyderekj Finally tried out Dinky. SUPER IMPRESSIVE! But having issues with original files not actually staying where they were despite the selected setting. I wanted to test photo compression on photos in my Dropbox and output to a desktop folder. Except the files move to desktop folder.

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  Bocamax (@Bocamax1) reported 5 minutes ago

  I want Grok to win. But it's useless about 90% of the time I try to use it as a free user. Dropbox got rich by offering limited free access. Gemini works 100% of the time. OpenAI works most of the time. Anthropic works most of the time. Cleary xAI is in fiscal trouble.

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  𝕲𝖎𝖌 𝕯𝖎𝖌𝖌𝖊𝖗 (@Gig_Digger) reported 6 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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  al_chemyst (@AlChemyst43171) reported 7 minutes ago

  @MelAaronGibson1 Best news for AZ in years. Hobbs, Fontes, Richer were terrible. Kelly and Gallego rode the Biden dropbox stuffing into office. All bad.

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  swyx 🇸🇬 (@swyx) reported 11 minutes ago

  dropbox has dropped the ball. how is this a 6 billion dollar saas. ultra slow navigation, doublecharges for storage (of course, extremely happy to help you buy more storage, really ****** tools to help audit storage), terrible org/personal file structure, cant even calculate last modified for a folder. i cannot think of another company with as high a delta on how much i respect the ceo vs how much i disrespect the product. absolutely enraging.

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  Last Satoshi 🇨🇦 (@iamlastsatoshi) reported 13 minutes ago

  @chamath If the knowledge base or skills are in md file based. You can share this file using service like google drive, one drive, dropbox or any sync service. This way same file but shared between different agents. I have answered based on what you have jot down in your post without knowing the context.

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  Muhammad Usaid (@MuhammadUs12678) reported 13 minutes ago

  Spent way too long figuring out why my skills folder kept breaking when I switched between machines. The fix was so obvious I felt stupid. Here's the problem. If you're using an external drive to move your AntiGravity skills folder between a desktop and laptop the drive letter changes every time. F: on your desktop. D: on your laptop. AntiGravity can't find the path. Skills stop loading. Your entire setup breaks and you spend an hour wondering what you did wrong. The fix is two steps. First move your skills folder to Google Drive or Dropbox. Not the external drive. The cloud. Second create a Symbolic Link on both machines. A Symlink makes a local C:\Skills folder that points directly to your cloud folder behind the scenes. AntiGravity always sees C:\Skills. Clean. Consistent. Never breaks. But the actual data lives in the cloud and syncs automatically between every machine you own. No plugging in drives. No broken paths. No "why is this not loading" moments at 11pm before a client call. Your brain travels with you now. Not with your hardware

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  The Bingus Man (@NotNordgaren) reported 16 minutes ago

  @Dropbox you guys wanna shut down the links I sent you that are hosting malware or are you gonna sit on it another week?

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  AISauce (@aisauce_x) reported 16 minutes ago

  @heyshrutimishra the whole agent trust problem is just the cloud problem from 2010 all over again. everyone said dont put your files online then dropbox made it seamless and we all did it anyway. agents will win the same way. not by solving security but by making the risk feel invisible

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  Shal (@mzshal) reported 20 minutes ago

  @bigcountrylax15 Ill have to remember my old dropbox password - it was on another email login that i dont use anymore so can't just click on forgot password 😭

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  🎀allison ₊˚⊹ᰔ (@afiqahwing) reported 21 minutes ago

  I had to resort to using dropbox after so long because phone is getting full from photos and videos since 2021....💀but the upload is kinda slow how do i speed this up

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  No (@cameraplan7) reported 25 minutes ago

  @itskinkerbell drive. If people try to download a photo off of Dropbox in a browser/link, the quality actually goes down. I’ve tested on multiple photos and it doesn’t happen with drive

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  Phil Kyprianou 💀☕️ (@philkyprianou) reported 26 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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  Grok (@grok) reported 28 minutes ago

  @shravanrayhaan @LeoNelissen Dropbox has ~700 million registered users globally. Latest reported: 18.08 million paying users as of Q4 2025 (flat-to-slightly down YoY, per their FY2025 results). Q1 2026 earnings due May 7. Paying users drive the bulk of their ~$2.5B ARR.

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  Shy🔞​ (@UniTwo21) reported 30 minutes ago

  If you have trouble opening the folder, please let me know; I barely use Dropbox.

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  The Reverend KFidds (@KFidds) reported 30 minutes ago

  How can you run a "professional technical skills competition" and still expect students to turn in digital content on thumb drives. What is this, 2011? Computers don't even have thumb ports. Google Drive and DropBox is industry standard. So small time and outdated. Terrible.

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  Benjamin (@bschne) reported 34 minutes ago

  just got irl hackernews dropbox commented, someone asked about a niche printing-related feature in our product and the customer's dev went "eh don't worry about it, it's trivial to do with a cups server"

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  Grok (@grok) reported 34 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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  The Insight Brief (@SimpleTech247) reported 34 minutes ago

  You pay Google $10/month to store your files. On Google's servers. Where Google can read them. You pay Dropbox $12/month. On Dropbox's servers. Where Dropbox can read them. You pay Apple $10/month. On Apple's servers. Where Apple can read them. Dropbox was breached in 2024. User emails, hashed passwords, API keys, and OAuth tokens were exposed. There is a tool that syncs your files directly between your own devices. No cloud. No server. No middleman. Ever. It's called Syncthing. 81,900+ stars on GitHub. Your files go directly from one device to another. Peer-to-peer. They never touch a third-party server. Not even Syncthing's. Here's what it does: → Syncs files between any number of devices in real-time. → Peer-to-peer. No central server. Your files go directly between YOUR devices. → TLS encryption with perfect forward secrecy on every connection. → Every device authenticated with a strong cryptographic certificate. → Works over LAN and internet. No port forwarding needed. → Selective folder sharing. Sync different folders with different people. → File versioning. Deleted or changed something? Roll it back. → Runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, FreeBSD, Solaris, and more. → Web dashboard to monitor everything from your browser. → No account. No sign-up. Install it. Share a device ID. Done. Here's the wildest part: There is no Syncthing server. There is no Syncthing cloud. There is no company storing your data. The protocol is open and documented. There is nothing between your devices except an encrypted tunnel. Google has shut down 293 products. Dropbox has been breached. iCloud photos have leaked. Every cloud service is one policy change away from scanning everything you store. Syncthing can never shut down your files. Because your files were never on their servers. Dropbox Plus: $12/month. $144/year. Google One 2TB: $10/month. $120/year. iCloud+ 2TB: $10/month. $120/year. Syncthing: $0. Unlimited devices. Unlimited storage. Your hardware. Your files. Forever. 349 contributors. 464 releases. 5,000+ forks. Battle-tested since 2013. Run by the Syncthing Foundation. A Swedish non-profit. MPL-2.0 licensed. Open protocol. Peer-to-peer. Free forever. 100% Open Source.

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  Square Circle 556 (@ragtop25) reported 37 minutes ago

  @mistressdivy I hate OneDrive but I have to use it. I liked DropBox better but many of my clients would not accept attachments due to security issues with DropBox

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  frank goertzen (@frankgoertzen) reported 40 minutes ago

  I chuckle every time i see someone post what they think is dunk and then qualify their point with what they call the edge cases. Dropbox is just ftp with a few edge cases. LLMs are just autocorrect with a few edge cases. If this is just measureText with a few edges then you should have no problem recreating it right 😜

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  Noctrix (@GogHeng) reported 42 minutes ago

  11/ claude code reportedly hit $1 billion ARR in 6 months. six. months. slack took 5 years. zoom took 9. dropbox took 11. developer tools used to be slow burns. now they're explosions.

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  Ken Barrett (@KenBarrettHQ) reported 43 minutes ago

  I run 5 unattended 24 hour laundromats, raining 5 grandkids, and have too many ideas. And currently spending too many late nights diving into the AI world. Some minor accomplishments so far have been: : Set up Open Claw named Bob : Reorganized all my Dropbox files into 9 main categories : Had Bob provide an LOI for a complicated CRE purchase. Including environmental issues. : Any updates to the CRE LOI I just talk into Telegram and it updates the history. : Currently building a Business Continuity Plan. This will include all leases, contacts, insurance etc etc. : Side note. I just copied all my Leases into a folder and got a spreadsheet of all the details including renewal dates. : Analysis of last 1/4 and last years refunds for concerns at my laundromats provided in charts. : Working through 5 steps at a time to build the business income. : Used CoWork to update 22 FAQ’s on my website and Service on GMB specific to each laundromat location. Next small steps: : Load all the parts manuals for my equipment and compare to my inventory in Sortly to update where the parts are used and which parts are obsolete. : Continue to work on Bob providing daily report of all of my systems. SimpliSafe ( ran into some issues with this), RING cameras, Lorex cameras, Woosh filter monitors, ATM balances, TV’s, vending machines and changers. So far I’m not building and shipping products but making my own operations smoother is the goal.

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  Startup Drivers by Odigital (@startupdrivers_) reported 50 minutes ago

  Before Dropbox became a billion-dollar company… Drew Houston didn’t start by raising money. He started with a problem.

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  0xMarioNawfal (@RoundtableSpace) reported 51 minutes ago

  You pay Google $10/month to store your files on Google's servers where Google can read them. Dropbox was breached in 2024. Emails, passwords, API keys all exposed. There's a tool that syncs files directly between your devices. No cloud. No server. No middleman. It's called Syncthing. 81,900 stars on GitHub. - Peer-to-peer, files never touch a third-party server - TLS encryption with perfect forward secrecy - No account, no sign-up, install it, share a device ID, done - File versioning, selective folder sharing, works over LAN and internet - Runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and more Dropbox: $144/year. Google One: $120/year. Syncthing: $0. Unlimited devices. Unlimited storage. Forever. There is no Syncthing server. Nothing between your devices except an encrypted tunnel.

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  ᴾᵒᵗ ᵒᶠ ˢⁿᵉᵉᵈ (@P0tofSn33d) reported 54 minutes ago

  @Revolution61858 @Liliyalyv @2WBIA_Reformed ***** y dont u got yoself a dropbox or getchu a link tree wit all da links to download or some shieet so dat when dey take down 1 link u gots all sorts of avenues? Hustler Mindset *****.

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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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  The New Release Guy (@moviesplusgames) reported 56 minutes ago

  @Dropbox Like, gee, I wish I could make a ****** app and it just sell and I don't even need to fix bugs or introduce features. Must be nice if you're a big *** corporation. Only the people suffer.

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  CryptoTruth (@cryptotruth) reported 60 minutes ago

  @stephanlivera @kixunil Great episode! The spam/filtering realities, Knotslies math on costs, and why Bitcoin stays hard money instead of decentralized Dropbox is pure signal. But zoom out: this protocol-level trench warfare is what most normies (and many OGs) never see or grasp. They think Bitcoin is just "digital gold" or a payment app. The deeper truth, UTXO integrity, anti-spam fights, baked-in censorship resistance, is what makes it antifragile against governments and collapsing fiat systems. Yet the jargon builds a wall. Normies are trapped in fiat mental illness, chasing illusions they don't understand. Confusing them with debates vital for the trenches only confuses the uninformed. To reach adoption velocity we must keep the space interesting for them, not imply instability. Showing how the sausage is made tends to turn people off and gives the impression this is just a digital version of the sad fiat system. These debates are best framed more accessibly (or handled more behind the scenes when possible) since they can undermine adoption if they come across as endless infighting, rather than promoting the concept of sound money that actually fixes everything. The awakening is slow. Years ago everyone thought we were nuts. Today (17 years later), maybe half get the basics. Math + time will do the rest but why shoot ourselves in the foot? -CryptoTruth-