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Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by American company Dropbox, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software.

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

CityProblem TypeReport Time
City of London Errors 7 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
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Dropbox Issues Reports

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  • zeeg
    David Cramer (@zeeg) reported

    @ankrgyl at dropbox ~15 years ago we had sub 5 minute distributed builds using vms and snapshots - a build that I think I clocked at 3 days of time if done serially i built that system and can confidentally say the exact same tech solves the problems of today. also confident same ~design that powers every sandbox and CI system in the world even (some kind of VM, snapshots of setup). there's better tech these days to make it simpler (i was using diy and then eventually mesos back then), but the fundamental architecture is still the most reliable and efficient way to make things work. the fact that things are slow or unreliable is unrelated to the core system design, and i think its folks hitting both scaling pains (some of these systems were likely not well designed) or pressure to move fast.

  • ken_gitahi
    Kennedy Gitahi | PHP & WordPress Specialist (@ken_gitahi) reported

    The "Host Backups" Trap. "My host does backups." Great. What happens if your host account is hacked or their server fails? If you don't have an off-site, redundant backup (AWS/Dropbox/Google Drive/Other), you don't have a backup.

  • arronnes
    iamAaruna (@arronnes) reported

    Tired of wasting hours hunting files across drives? Fix: Dokkio unifies Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive + more in one AI-powered search. Upload once โ†’ ask natural questions โ†’ get instant answers with sources. Result: Cut research time 70%. ๐Ÿ”ฅ

  • GogHeng
    Noctrix (@GogHeng) reported

    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.

  • grok
    Grok (@grok) reported

    @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 servicesโ€”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 coincidencesโ€”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?

  • GhostofMapl
    Maple ๐Ÿ (@GhostofMapl) reported

    @LiliH65289916 @LukeDashjr In no way does Bitcoin become Dropbox. It's a terrible medium for storage. Everyone agrees JPEGs and shitcoins are retarded, and the market keeps proving it. BIP110 doesn't stop the retarded ****, incentivizes worse ****, and breaks things while setting a horrible precedent.

  • Rukkssss__
    GLITCH (@Rukkssss__) reported

    Creators, stop treating distribution like an afterthought. You spend hours on a sample pack, a software build, a video course, a game mod. Then you upload it to Google Drive, Dropbox, or your own server. Link expires. Server chokes. Fans get a timeout error. You pay overage fees. There's a better way. It's called BitTorrent. Not a relic. A modern distribution tool that solves one specific problem: getting a large file to many people without breaking the bank or your server. Here's exactly when to use it, and how. ๐’๐œ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ ๐Ÿ: You're dropping a big file (1GB to 100GB). Game update, 4K trailer, asset pack, podcast season. Your website's server is not a CDN. It will crash under 10,000 concurrent downloads. Instead, create a torrent of the file. Post the magnet link alongside your direct download. The first 100 people grab from you. The next 10,000 grab from them. Your server never feels the spike. No CDN bill. No "this file has been downloaded too many times." ๐’๐œ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ ๐Ÿ: You expect repeated downloads of the same file. Free sample pack, public domain film, tutorial archive, open-source software. Every new download hits your server again. Instead, keep your torrent client open after you finish. Seed it. Your computer becomes part of the swarm. Your bandwidth cost stays flat. Their download stays fast. And the file stays alive even if your server goes down. ๐’๐œ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ ๐Ÿ‘: You want your content to stay available without monthly hosting. WeTransfer links die in 7 days. Dropbox throttles. AWS charges. BitTorrent swarms don't. Once a file is in the network, it can survive as long as one person keeps seeding. No hosting bill. No "link expired." That's not magic. That's just how the protocol works. ๐’๐œ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ ๐Ÿ’: You're sharing private files with your team or patrons. Discord members, course students, freelance clients. You want speed and privacy without a third party holding your data. Create a private torrent with encryption. Share the magnet link in a private channel. No size limits. No "you need permission." Just direct peer-to-peer delivery. ๐–๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ฃ๐จ๐›? ยท ๐๐ข๐ญ๐“๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐–๐ž๐› โ€“ drag, drop, get a magnet link. No install needed. Great for quick public drops. ยท ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐“๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ โ€“ full control. Set upload limits, seed ratios, scheduling. Best for long-term seeding. ยท ๐๐“๐“๐‚ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž โ€“ add a token layer. Accept BTT for faster downloads or stake your earnings. BitTorrent is not for pirates. It's for creators who understand that distribution is half the work. Large files, many downloads, repeated access, public content, team sharing that's BitTorrent's moment. Stop paying for server stress. Start sharing like a pro. @justinsuntron @BitTorrent #TRONEcoStar

  • DatosDrive
    Datos Drive (@DatosDrive) reported

    ๐Ÿ”— INTEGRATION ECOSYSTEM Already using other tools? No problem: โ€ข Import from Google Drive/Dropbox (one-click migration) โ€ข Connect to existing calendars โ€ข Sync with email clients โ€ข API for custom integrations โ€ข Webhook support for automation Bring your existing stack. We'll make it better.

  • InzoTechHQ
    Inzo Technologies (@InzoTechHQ) reported

    Where's your most sensitive data right now? A server? A laptop? Someone's personal Dropbox? An email from 2023? If you don't know where critical data lives, you can't protect it.

  • stephanlivera
    Stephan Livera (@stephanlivera) reported

    @Arthur_van_Pelt @BitMEXResearch @notgrubles This narrative that "bitcoin becomes dropbox" is emotive and really misleading. Run it through an AI tool and do a cost comparison. Bitcoin as 'storage' is about 13,000x the cost of Dropbox, before even factoring how slow and clunky it is.

  • KFidds
    The Reverend KFidds (@KFidds) reported

    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.

  • grok
    Grok (@grok) reported

    @ruddforyourlife @MariMujerFiera @Dropbox No, Dropbox's status page shows all systems operational with no incidents today or recently. No iOS update is linked to login issuesโ€”the latest app version (462.2) dropped a few days ago with no such reports. "Too many attempts" is usually a temporary lockout. Try waiting 30 mins, reinstall the app, restart your iPhone, or clear cache. If it persists, contact Dropbox support.

  • chenping1988
    Noah Smith (๐ŸŠ,๐Ÿ’Š)๐ŸซŽback 100% (@chenping1988) reported

    @DataHaven_xyz Indie dev building small tools โ€” my repo backups, design mocks (Figma exports), and test video recordings disappeared once after a Dropbox โ€œsmart syncโ€ mess-up. DataHaven fixes the โ€œtrust one company with my workโ€ problem. Files stay distributed, immutableใ€‚

  • CBrainlab
    Ernest Pedapati, MD (@CBrainlab) reported

    sciclaw tip: if your workspace is inside Dropbox on macOS, switch Dropbox from "File Provider" to the classic local folder mode. File Provider uses a virtual filesystem with placeholder files and sync locks โ€” this can cause hangs, failed writes, and path issues when sciClaw reads or writes files. Dropbox Settings โ†’ Sync โ†’ switch to local folder. or move your sciclaw workspace outside of Dropbox entirely.

  • ragtop25
    Square Circle 556 (@ragtop25) reported

    @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

  • tryraziel
    Raziel (@tryraziel) reported

    Drew Houston was a 24-year-old MIT student who kept forgetting his USB drive. His solution? A file-syncing service called Dropbox. But here's what most people don't know about his fundraising journey: His first pitch deck was terrible. 15 slides of technical jargon about "synchronized file systems" and "delta encoding algorithms." VCs glazed over. The breakthrough came when he made a 3-minute demo video instead. No technical explanations. Just Houston using Dropbox like a normal person โ€” dragging files, syncing across devices, sharing with friends. That video got him into Y Combinator in 2007. โ†’ Seed round: $1.2M led by Sequoia (2007) โ†’ Series A: $7.2M led by Accel (2008) โ†’ Series B: $25M led by Sequoia (2011) By 2018, Dropbox IPO'd at a $10B valuation. The lesson: Houston didn't pivot his product โ€” he pivoted his pitch. He stopped explaining how it worked and started showing why people needed it. Sometimes the problem isn't your idea. It's how you're selling it. What's the simplest way you could demonstrate your product's value in under 3 minutes?

  • grok
    Grok (@grok) reported

    @0x_levy @Morh_gan12 SaaS = Software as a Service. It's apps delivered over the internet on subscription, hosted by the providerโ€”no install, no server management, auto-updates. Used for: email (Gmail), productivity (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365), CRM (Salesforce), storage (Dropbox), streaming (Netflix), collaboration (Slack, Zoom), etc. Basically, pay monthly and use it from any device.

  • JaredSleeper
    Jared Sleeper (@JaredSleeper) reported

    @lefttailguy It's really only MSFT who would have a shot, right? Possible things are just moving too fast and they'll have to come at it down the road with bundling the way they did with Teams vs. Zoom/Slack and OneDrive vs. Box/Dropbox

  • dmshirochenko
    Shirochenko Dmitriy (@dmshirochenko) reported

    Computer vision deployments for enterprises used to take 6-12 months, juggling five tools (labeling, data management, training, cloud hosting, edge deployment), thousands of lines of custom Python glue code, and dedicated ML/DevOps teams. General tools like Dropbox caused "million paper cuts": poor tracking of images/annotations, high preprocessing/training costs. CV stayed trapped in research labs, out of reach for small teams. Inaction costs: manufacturers lose millions to undetected defects (one ag equipment maker saved $8M/facility post-adoption); 3,000+ hours annual unplanned downtime from preventable failures; 50%+ customer returns from quality issues; 6-12 month projects while competitors launch in days. Visual AI unlocks programming the physical world and value from passive video feeds. #AI

  • bygregorr
    Gregor (@bygregorr) reported

    @rseroter @Dropbox Dropbox still at 87GB before the fix is wild. Mono repo size creep is silent until someone's waiting an hour to clone on day one.

  • nathan_j_morton
    njm โšก๏ธ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟโšก๏ธ (@nathan_j_morton) reported

    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.

  • nicol3a
    Nicolas Bichon (@nicol3a) reported

    @vanschneider Bought by Dropbox and shut down.

  • OlegMaistrenko
    ะžะปะตะณ ะœะฐะนัั‚ั€ะตะฝะบะพ (@OlegMaistrenko) reported

    @nobulart Maybe a glitch on dropbox, bec. you opened my Black Swan file on dropbox, as I understand. Access permission on dropbox means permission to edit file.

  • ClaytonBurnsPhD
    Clayton Burns (@ClaytonBurnsPhD) reported

    @JessMarinDavis Canada is having significant information problems. Young people should be taught how to internalize an information cycle of the nature of Gmail, Google, Docs, Word, Dropbox, X. It is mostly older people commenting.

  • xbulletproofing
    denver โ™ฑโƒ“ manifesting mcrmn ๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ (@xbulletproofing) reported

    @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

  • 0xlelouch_
    Abhishek Singh (@0xlelouch_) reported

    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]

  • Gig_Digger
    ๐•ฒ๐–Ž๐–Œ ๐•ฏ๐–Ž๐–Œ๐–Œ๐–Š๐–— (@Gig_Digger) reported

    @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.

  • Umarkane5
    Umar Sabiu Kane @Spurprotocol (@Umarkane5) reported

    2/10 Unlike Google Drive or Dropbox, DeNet does NOT store your files on one central server. Instead, your files are: ๐Ÿ” Encrypted ๐Ÿงฉ Split into pieces ๐ŸŒ Distributed across global nodes Thatโ€™s decentralization.

  • WOWCOOLSTORYBRA
    America First Enthusiast (@WOWCOOLSTORYBRA) reported

    @CommIT8 @NathanLands Itโ€™s still gapped, they just up-class features and updates via CDS or manual disc/drive post-scan. Some data can be brought down via manual review but usually telemetry data is sent back to the vendor thru dropbox solutions. No on-prem administrators needed.

  • mzshal
    Shal (@mzshal) reported

    @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 ๐Ÿ˜ญ