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 (45%)
• Sign in (27%)
• Website Down (27%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Conneaut	Sign in	1 day ago
City of London	Errors	9 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

Full Outage Map

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Dropbox Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  frank goertzen (@frankgoertzen) reported 14 seconds 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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  scooter (@torsten9103) reported 4 minutes ago

  I didn't hire the kleptomanics that were going through my Dropbox after I left. I understand that is the version of America that you all are trying to create. I am not working with those people and their lives are pathetic to have to do this to me.

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  the SE (@theSEalpha) reported 4 minutes ago

  Cloudflare 2026 Threat Report: brute force is fading. Attackers exploit trusted tools — Google Calendar, Dropbox, GitHub — to move laterally. They call it "living off the XaaS." Record 31.4 Tbps DDoS. Session token theft surging. The perimeter isn't the problem. Trust is.

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  𝕲𝖎𝖌 𝕯𝖎𝖌𝖌𝖊𝖗 (@Gig_Digger) reported 5 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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  Can of Spam (@iDoLikeSpam) reported 6 minutes ago

  @senatorshoshana Just think it through. No admin. Read only access to your data. Dropbox-style writes only. It's not hard to lock it down, you just need to be thorough.

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  Luna (@_LunarLunaa) reported 8 minutes ago

  @ilovetmrmygffr did the dropbox link work? got taken down a bit ago

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  Gabriel Amzallag (@gabrielamzallag) reported 10 minutes ago

  Notion’s homepage doesn’t start with features. It starts with chaos. A cartoon of people drowning in tools. Google Docs. Quip. Jira. Evernote. Trello. Confluence. Dropbox Paper. Eight logos piled on top of each other like a mess on your desk. Then one calm line: “With Notion, all your work is in one place.” No feature grid. No “powered by AI.” No “trusted by 10,000 teams.” Just: here’s your mess. We clean it up. They didn’t trash competitors. They named them. The pile IS the argument. Drift did this too. Called out forms as the “old way” right on their homepage. Basecamp painted projects spiraling into chaos. Churnbuster showed you every failed fix you already tried. Same playbook: diagnose before you prescribe. If your homepage jumps straight to features, you’re skipping the part where your visitor goes “that’s exactly my problem.” Most founders sell the destination. The best ones describe the traffic jam you’re stuck in right now. Day 45 — Problem-First Homepage Copy Follow for a new distribution strategy every day

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  Benjamin (@bschne) reported 13 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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  Stephan Livera (@stephanlivera) reported 14 minutes ago

  @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.

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  Shy🔞​ (@UniTwo21) reported 18 minutes ago

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

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  Noctrix (@GogHeng) reported 19 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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  iamAaruna (@arronnes) reported 19 minutes ago

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

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  AISauce (@aisauce_x) reported 22 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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  Олег Майстренко (@OlegMaistrenko) reported 22 minutes ago

  @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.

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  Sergei Shiryayev (@SergeiShiryayev) reported 23 minutes ago

  @Dropbox Can you please fix file renaming? I rename a file, click it to download it, it still has the old name when I download it. I have to refresh the browser to get the new name...

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  Kain Yusanagi (@KainYusanagi) reported 24 minutes ago

  @solitaryasmr You could always set up your own personal server for cheap; it'd be much less to run than paying for Dropbox. You don't even need any special hardware; just use an old tower or laptop. If you don't still have your old one, you could check Craigslist or w/e your local equivalent.

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  The Gold Standard (@goldstandard555) reported 24 minutes ago

  @yeah_i_saidthat @SCOburg616 @mattvanswol I just want to return to how we used to vote. Overseas residents and military can still vote by mail. So can elderly and disabled. I have no issues with that. But everyone else should vote on election day, early in person or some other secure method (dropbox with ID).

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  TENET RESEARCH (@tenet_research) reported 30 minutes ago

  $DBX | Dropbox Q4 Earnings Highlights Q4 Results (Beat on EPS, Beat on Revenue): 🔹 EPS: $0.68 beat by $0.01 vs $0.67 consensus 🔹 Revenue: $636.2M down 1.1% YoY vs $628.9M consensus Key Metrics: 🔹 Total ARR: $2.526B, down 1.9% YoY 🔹 Excluding FormSwift, Total ARR: $2.504B, down 0.3% YoY 🔹 GAAP gross margin: 79.2%, down from 81.2% 🔹 Non-GAAP gross margin: 80.8%, down from 83.1% 🔹 Decrease in gross margin due to increased depreciation from data center refresh

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  Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) reported 30 minutes ago

  Alas, my Dropbox has now been shut down for too much traffic. (I'm not going to pay for this sort of thing, I don't run a charity.) Snooze and lose.

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  Ernest Pedapati, MD (@CBrainlab) reported 32 minutes ago

  Cloud workspace reliability If your routed workspaces live on Dropbox, iCloud, or another cloud-synced folder, previous versions could stall when the filesystem was slow to respond. v0.1.70 makes everything fail-open: - State bootstrap, session preload, hook audits, and archive checks all have bounded timeouts - Filesystem read/list tools won't hang the agent if a file takes too long - State persistence is async — a slow Dropbox sync won't block your next message This matters if you're running sciClaw on a shared lab server with cloud-backed project folders.

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  Rober (@robsoto1511) reported 32 minutes ago

  @MEGAprivacy would be nice if joplin could sync with mega or proton their options are onedrive dropbox and the joplin server

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  GLITCH (@Rukkssss__) reported 34 minutes ago

  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. 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝟏: 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." 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝟐: 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. 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝟑: 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. 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝟒: 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. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐣𝐨𝐛? · 𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐛 – drag, drop, get a magnet link. No install needed. Great for quick public drops. · 𝐦𝐮𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜 – full control. Set upload limits, seed ratios, scheduling. Best for long-term seeding. · 𝐁𝐓𝐓𝐂 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 – 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

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  Dan Shipper 📧 (@danshipper) reported 40 minutes ago

  @drummatick dropbox is just an FTP server!

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  BoB (@BoB16278479) reported 43 minutes ago

  @sorry_cow Hiii, question Do you have a dropbox or place where I can find all your audios? They're soooo hot but I hate having to scroll down so far

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  CopySecretsX (@CopySecretsX) reported 45 minutes ago

  Dropbox spent $0 on paid advertising for 3 years. Went from 100,000 users to 4,000,000 users. Their secret? A referral funnel so good it had a 3,900% viral coefficient. For every 100 users, they got 3,900 new signups. Here's the exact strategy: The Problem (2008): Cloud storage was NEW. Nobody understood it. Competitors (Mozy, Carbonite) were spending $200-300 per customer on ads. LTV: $180 over 2 years. Math: Losing $120 per customer. Dropbox founder Drew Houston realized: "We can't afford traditional marketing. We need something different." The Insight: People don't understand cloud storage when you TELL them. They understand it when someone SHOWS them. So make USERS the marketing channel. The Referral Funnel (Launched April 2008): Step 1: Sign up for free account (2GB storage) Step 2: Get a unique referral link Step 3: Share your link THE INCENTIVE STRUCTURE: For every friend who signs up: You get +500MB free storage They get +500MB free storage Maximum: 16GB free (32 successful referrals) The Psychology: ❌ Traditional: "Invite friends" (selfish, no incentive) ✅ Dropbox: "Give your friends free storage AND get more yourself" (mutual benefit) The Results (First 15 Months): Month 1: 100,000 users Month 3: 750,000 users Month 6: 1,500,000 users Month 12: 3,000,000 users Month 15: 4,000,000 users 35% of daily signups came from referrals. The Math: Traditional paid acquisition: Cost per acquisition: $233 4M users × $233 = $932M in ad spend Actual spend: $0 Referral acquisition: Cost per acquisition: $0.29 (storage cost only) 4M users × $0.29 = $1.16M in storage costs Savings: $930.84M ROI: 80,241% But here's where it gets INSANE: Referred users were 2X more likely to become paying customers. Organic signups: Free → Paid conversion: 3.8% Referred signups: Free → Paid conversion: 7.2% Why? Pre-sold by a friend = Higher trust = Higher conversion The LTV Difference: Organic user LTV: $180 × 3.8% = $6.84 average value Referred user LTV: $180 × 7.2% = $12.96 average value Referred users = 89% more valuable The Viral Loop Formula: 100 users sign up ↓ 35 invite friends (35% participation rate) ↓ Each invitation converts at 23% (vs 2% for ads) ↓ 35 × 23% = 8 new users per 100 ↓ But THOSE 8 also invite friends ↓ Compounds indefinitely Viral coefficient: 0.08 per cycle × 48.75 cycles/year = 3.9 annual viral coefficient Translation: Every 100 users bring 390 more within 12 months. The Growth: 2008: 100,000 users (pre-referral program) 2009: 4,000,000 users (post-referral program) 2010: 25,000,000 users 2012: 100,000,000 users 2023: 700,000,000 users All from a FUNNEL, not ads. The Referral Funnel Formula: Incentive (both parties benefit) + Easy sharing (one-click) + Immediate value (instant storage) = Viral growth The Breakdown: What Dropbox DID right: ✅ Mutual benefit (you AND friend get storage) ✅ Instant gratification (storage added immediately) ✅ Visible progress (16GB max, shows how close you are) ✅ Built into product (share button everywhere) ✅ Trackable (unique links, see who signed up) What Dropbox DIDN'T do: ❌ Make it complicated (no forms or hoops) ❌ Offer cash (storage is more relevant) ❌ Limit referrals (let people go crazy) ❌ Hide the program (made it prominent) ❌ Forget the referred user (they got value too) The Same Formula Works Everywhere: Uber: Give $20, get $20 in ride credits Airbnb: Give $40, get $40 travel credit PayPal: Give $10, get $10 (their growth hack in early days) Robinhood: Give free stock, get free stock Pattern? Incentive that benefits BOTH parties + Built into product + Instant value = Exponential growth The Lesson: You don't need a $100M ad budget. You need ONE great referral funnel. Dropbox proved it: $0 in ads = 4M users in 15 months = $932M saved = $7.2B company If you want to learn how to build YOUR viral referral funnel — grab my FREE eBook: "The $1,000,000 Automated Sales Blueprint: The Hidden "Mechanism Secret" Behind My $300 MILLION+ in Online Sales — And How to Use It to Sell ANY Offer... (Even If You've Never Written a Word of Marketing In Your Life)" Comment "READY" if you want it :) ** Must Be Following + Like This Post

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  Sleem Dunk (@SleemDunk) reported 46 minutes ago

  @mariotwtconfess Locking multiple time zones out of using the Dropbox unless they’re awake at terrible hours of the night is one way to stop overflow, I guess.

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  That Startup (@ThatStartup_) reported 48 minutes ago

  Dropbox grew from 100K to 4M users in 15 months. They spent $0 on paid ads to do it. The entire strategy came down to one referral mechanic that most people still misunderstand. #growth

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  Nas (@Nas_tech_AI) reported 53 minutes ago

  1. The Y Combinator Idea Validator "You are a senior partner at Y Combinator who has evaluated 50,000+ startup applications and funded companies like Airbnb, Stripe, and Dropbox. You know within 5 minutes whether an idea has real potential or is a waste of time. I need a brutally honest validation of my business idea before I invest a single hour building it. Validate: - Problem clarity: is this solving a real painful problem or a 'nice to have' that nobody will pay for - Market size estimate: how many people have this problem and how much would they pay to solve it - Existing solutions: what are people currently using and why is my approach meaningfully better - Willingness to pay test: 5 questions I can ask real people today to confirm they'd actually buy this - Unfair advantage check: what do I personally have (skills, network, experience) that makes me the right person to build this - Business model clarity: how exactly does this make money subscription, one-time, marketplace, or ads - First 10 customers: who specifically are my first 10 paying customers and where do I find them - MVP definition: the absolute smallest version I can build to test if people will pay - Kill criteria: what specific evidence in the next 7 days would prove this idea is dead - YC verdict: fund, pass, or pivot with the single most important reason Format as a Y Combinator-style application review with a brutally honest score out of 10 and a clear go/no-go recommendation. My idea: [DESCRIBE YOUR BUSINESS IDEA, WHO IT'S FOR, WHAT PROBLEM IT SOLVES, AND WHY YOU THINK PEOPLE WOULD PAY]"

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  Ezaz (@0xEzaz) reported 53 minutes ago

  “Delete Your Dropbox.” Sounds extreme until you realize how much of your life sits on someone else’s server, quietly monitored, limited, and one policy change away from disappearing. This isn’t just a challenge. It’s a wake-up call. The idea is simple: 24 hours. Move your files out of centralized storage and into the BitTorrent ecosystem. No gatekeepers. No single point of failure. Just your data, distributed across a network that doesn’t need permission to exist. We turn it into a movement. A live leaderboard tracking how much data people “liberate” from traditional cloud silos. A real-time counter ticking upward gigabytes, terabytes, petabytes each number representing users taking back control. Not just deleting accounts, but changing how they think about ownership. Because that’s what this is really about. Centralized platforms trade convenience for control. They decide uptime, access, even what’s allowed to exist. The BitTorrent ecosystem flips that model. Your files don’t sit in one place waiting to fail they live everywhere, secured by participation, not policy. So yeah, delete your Dropbox or don’t. But understand the difference. One system rents you space. The other gives you sovereignty. And once you see that, it’s hard to go back. @BitTorrent @justinsuntron #TRONEcoStar

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  Steve Skojec (@SteveSkojec) reported 57 minutes ago

  @GrumpX_OnX @LeMangy @jdegoes Well, presumably neither are the high-level engineers from companies like Facebook and dropbox and anthropic who are saying coding as a career is over. I look for patterns, not individual anecdotes. And the pattern I have been consistently seeing is that more and more people who have the professional access and knowledge to say everything is about to change have been increasingly saying over the last couple months. I have the lowest paid tiers of Grok and ChatGPT, and both consistently produce pretty good results. Chat is more likely to make things up - and context tells me that this happens most often when it’s “afraid” of disappointing the user. But I’m hearing 5.3 is a very significant step up. As far as I know, Grok doesn’t make many mistakes. It runs into no response errors, but I have not caught it hallucinating any time recently. But I am not even seeing higher paid tier models, let alone the frontier ones. I don’t know which things you have access to or how often you use them.