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.

• Sign in (40%)
• Errors (40%)
• Website Down (20%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Bournemouth	Sign in	2 months ago
Paramaribo	Errors	3 months ago
Bogotá	Website Down	3 months ago
Auxerre	Errors	3 months ago
Salt Lake City	Sign in	3 months ago
Madrid	Errors	3 months ago

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Dropbox Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Ricky Shah (@RickyShahatty) reported 25 seconds ago

  @Claudio_PNW @tax_birdie @AMandoSch Miller wanted the Dropbox released publicly. It is entirely up to the attorney to screen it. A bad client should make an attorney double down their efforts.

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  grace ✭ (@wavescicadas) reported 48 seconds ago

  the irony of dropbox not working when your storage is low

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  Startup Archive (@StartupArchive_) reported 2 minutes ago

  Drew Houston on the growth hacks Dropbox used to acquire millions of users Dropbox founder Drew Houston reflects the distribution challenge most startups face in the early days: “You can buy all the AdWords in the world but if nobody’s searching for what you’re making, you have a problem.” Drew eventually landed on a two-step solution to solve Dropbox’s cold start problem. Step 1: make a product that people really love to use. “Good engineering and good design are part of it, but one of the ways I think about it is maximizing the probability that your customer ends up with a solved problem. That’s why Craigslist — which was started in the 1990s and doesn’t appear to have been updated since the 1990s — is by far the most successful business of its kind. You show up at Craigslist and you leave with your concert tickets or your casual encounter or whatever you’re looking for. Even though the design isn’t that great and it isn’t that hard of an engineering problem, it was unbelievably successful . . . [Distribution] starts with a great product and all of the marketing or tricks in the world won’t help you push a rock uphill.” Step 2: give people tools to spread the word “Two things drove the vast majority of our signups today. The first was we created this incentive-referral program where if I tell you about Dropbox you get some extra storage and I get some extra storage, which gave us this kind of currency to work with and people were just doing it for its own sake. People weren’t even using the extra space. They were just referring their friends because they got points. We’d now call it a gamification mechanic, even though I’m not sure that word was even around back then.” Drew continues: “The other thing we did was create this idea of shared folders where if I’m working on a shared project at work or if I want to share photos with my family, then all these new users are brought into the fold just by using the product . . . Now there’s whole body of art and science on how to do that, how consumer internet companies grow, and how viral growth works, but these things were instrumental to how we got started.” Source: @ECorner (Jun 2012)

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  𝔤𝔞𝔟𝔦 ♡ (@stucklikehoney) reported 3 minutes ago

  if I were to offer a lifetime dropbox, all of my content will go into it. I would add to it as I have new stuff. pictures and videos. pay one time. who would be down?

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  Zafar (@zafartalks) reported 3 minutes ago

  @asidorenko_ I understand but sometimes at some point our brain started telling us just make it public. You never know. Let’s not forget Dropbox which layed the foundation for their file sharing competitors. He was solving a problem for himself which turned out to be a successful business.

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  Buzzing Pop (@BuzzingPop) reported 6 minutes ago

  Ariana Grande is seeking court approval to subpoena Internet provider to identify individuals who accessed her unreleased content sold online. Grande claims they allegedly stole a photographer's Dropbox login details and hacked the phone of one of her producers: “The hackers created a Gmail account and internet domain impersonating the photographer and tricked the technician into sending Grande’s materials to them.” (via @THR)

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  Eusebiu Balan (@BalanEusebiu) reported 10 minutes ago

  @gezimqaili been on dropbox for years, never let me down honestly

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  Rish Agarwal (@rish404) reported 17 minutes ago

  Imagine you have a team covering an event. Boots on the ground. What's the best way to get footage from all of them in a single library Dropbox? Google Drive? Physical hard drives? All of them either don't support it, requires an account for every person or just physically slow and limited Here's how @cutsio is solving that

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  Ihtesham Ali (@ihtesham2005) reported 18 minutes ago

  This is how you share a file when you do not trust Google, Dropbox, or the government. A free tool called OnionShare sends it directly through Tor. Nothing needs to sit permanently on someone else's server. Here's what actually happens when you use it. You drag a file into the app. Your own computer turns into the server. Tor wraps it, and you get a long address ending in .onion that you send to whoever needs the file. They open it in Tor Browser and pull the file straight off your machine. You close the app, the address dies. Compare that to how everyone else moves files. You drop it in Drive, Google keeps a copy. You use WeTransfer, that link lives on their infrastructure for a week, logged and tied to your IP. Every one of those services is a promise that a company will behave well, forever, under any amount of legal pressure. OnionShare removes the company from the sentence. Micah Lee built it in 2014. He'd worked with the journalists handling the Snowden documents and watched how many ways a source could get burned just trying to hand over a file. So he built the thing that removes the middle. It does three things. Send files with no size limit and no account. Chat with someone and keep zero record of it. Host an entire website off your laptop that disappears from the internet the moment you shut the lid. The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Intercept all point sources at this. Those are newsrooms betting other people's freedom on a free download. The interface looks like a file picker from 2011. Someone spent years making the hardest privacy problem in computing feel like using WinZip, and that's the actual achievement here. A scared person at 2am is not going to configure a server. They can drag a file into a window. It is completely open source. Most people will never need this. The ones who do don't get a second try if they picked the wrong app. What do you think about this?

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  Arthur "lynch mob" van Pelt 🔥 ∞/21M ⚡ (@Arthur_van_Pelt) reported 19 minutes ago

  @laz1m0v @adam3us You want a multifunctional database. Go try BSV or Microsoft SQL Server or Arweave. They have what you want. Bitcoin is money. Not a Pepe Dropbox. Go take your Pepes elsewhere, please. Then we wouldn't even need filters if everyone behaved in the spirit of Cash instead of Pepe.

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  True Blue Democrat & Patriot🇺🇦🇵🇸💔 (@TrueBluPatriot) reported 20 minutes ago

  And Took a picture of his little girl's ********. Then a staffer posted it on DropBox in error. That is the worst part.

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  yera. (@1stplaceee__) reported 20 minutes ago

  You down for my nasty FaceTime and Dropbox video HMU📨📥💦🍑

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  EVILxJUG (@EVILXJUG) reported 23 minutes ago

  🚨Your goal this week-DELETE your DIGITAL FOOTPRINT!🚨 Let me help you: ——————— ✅Purchase any 1TB-10TB SSD Storage (this is dependent on your needs) or RAID server (can be ridiculously expensive, DO NOT RAID your storage if you do not know how to build, transfer, and manage a RAID!) ✅Have additional SSD storage drives. ✅Download all your media (pic, music, documents, videos, files, etc.) from your cloud services (iCloud, Google Drive, Microsoft One, Dropbox, etc.) and store them onto your purchased/physical SSDs as a backup. ✅Permanently, DELETE all your downloaded media files from those cloud-based services. ✅Permanently, clear the trash can (recycle bin), delete your cookies, delete your cache. ✅Tech Experience: iOS 🚨Apple automatically creates backup copies of your files on your devices. 🚨Even after managing or deleting data, you often need to search deep into your file system to permanently delete these original Apple backups.🚨Media transfers to Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, etc.) take longer than expected because:✅iOS creates multiple versions of each file during the transfer: original media, optimized media (for better storage efficiency), and backup files.✅All of this processing happens in the background while the transfer is ongoing.🚨DELETE THOSE FILES! ✅Your physical storage (SSDs, NOT HHDs), should be in your “firebag” (emergency bag, in case of fire- to grab and exit immediately to safety), stored in a cool place in your home. ✅After, you do all these things, your cloud-based storages should be freed up! Take down your subscriptions to what you think you should use and afford without compromising finances and data. DO NOT up your online cloud-based storage into the 1TB range EVER again! Limiting yourself to 100-500GB of cloud-based storage will keep you in check to store things physically in your home instead of online (this is healthy for your mental and to safeguard yourself from yourself). 🚨RING Devices!: if you own any ring devices or any security monitoring devices- CREATE A STATIC (NOT DHCP), CLOSED-CIRCUIT environment! Use EVERY protocol and firewalls to maintain your integrity infrastructure. Remove all unrecognized IP devices from YOUR ENTIRE NETWORK! Use ENCRYPTIONS to securely lockdown your network! 🚨DO NOT create a “guest” profile! 🌟Sorry, I’m speaking “nerd” lol, I don’t have time to explain it in laymen’s terms.

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  The Tech Buzz (@tbuzzdaily) reported 24 minutes ago

  $15M raised: Meticulous grew ARR 5x in a year testing code nobody has time to review manually anymore Chemistry led the Series A, joined by Menlo Ventures, Lachy Groom, and GitHub's former CEO Jason Warner. Founders Gabriel and Quentin Spencer-Harper, brothers with backgrounds at Dropbox and Palantir, built the company around a problem AI coding tools created faster than they solved: code is now written faster than humans can review it. The product records real user and developer sessions during development, then uses AI to auto-generate and maintain end-to-end visual regression tests based on actual observed usage, updating automatically as the code changes. Customers include Notion, ElevenLabs, Dropbox, and Wiz, a list that skews toward companies shipping fast enough to need this. Rainforest QA and Autify compete in AI-assisted testing broadly, but most rely on hand-written test cases rather than tests derived from real session data. The tradeoff Meticulous accepts is that session-derived tests can still miss rare edge cases nobody happened to trigger, which is why the company is expanding from frontend into backend and performance testing next. A 5x ARR jump in a year says enough teams have hit the same wall: AI writes code faster than any QA team can keep up with by hand.

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  Sunil Thakare 🇮🇳 🦀 (@thakares) reported 26 minutes ago

  @TLYShortener offering a genuinely useful, privacy-friendly app (no login, no ads) that seamlessly integrates with the company's core product (t_ly short links), is indeed a standard growth tactic seen in tools like Canva, Notion, or Dropbox. The QR app lowers barriers for users while creating natural upsell opportunities: frequent QR creators may later pay for t_ly analytics, custom domains, or branded links without feeling forced. Trade-off is transparent here; users get a solid free scanner but feed data into t_ly's ecosystem, which benefits the provider through increased link volume and potential premium conversions.

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  Chris | Founder Advisor (@automateitup) reported 34 minutes ago

  Problem: I didn't have where to save useful links, because my main pc isn't always on. Solution: Told Hermes on my minipc, which is always on, to save the links which I send to a file in dropbox. Then, I told Hermes from my main pc to make a cronjob to check that file every day at 9 am and save the links in their respective category in the dashboard.

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  Oliver Prompts (@oliviscusAI) reported 34 minutes ago

  you pay google, dropbox, and apple $10+/month to store your files on their servers, where they can read them. and dropbox already got breached in 2024. there's a tool that syncs your files directly between your own devices. no cloud, no server, no middleman. it's called syncthing. → real-time sync between any number of devices, peer-to-peer → files go straight between your devices, never touching a third-party server → tls encryption with perfect forward secrecy on every connection → works over lan and internet, no port forwarding needed → file versioning, roll back anything you changed or deleted there is no syncthing server. no syncthing cloud. no company storing your data. the protocol is open, and there's nothing between your devices except an encrypted tunnel. dropbox plus is $144/year. google one 2tb is $120/year. syncthing is $0, unlimited devices, unlimited storage, forever. battle-tested since 2013. run by a swedish non-profit. 100% free. open source.

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  ESCHA (๑ˊ͈ ^ˋ͈) (@eschadiol) reported 34 minutes ago

  @joshpuckett i worked on an app called roll back then, dropbox, path, and facebook made offers, then fb made memories, path closed down, and carousel was deprecated, would have been so sick to cross paths at that time

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  Mark van Eijk (@markvaneijk) reported 37 minutes ago

  @freekmurze It's the most stable beta in last 15 years. These apps I also use still work: Dropbox, PHP, Conductor. I did not encounter any issues, besides sometimes a lag here and there (regular beta stuff).

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  Bhavyam Arora (@AroraBhavyam) reported 43 minutes ago

  99% startups who applied to yc today will get rejected. here's what the smart ones do next: a no from yc isn't the end. they literally encourages you to reapply and tracks your progress across applications. the founders who get in later treat rejection as round one, not game over. the playbook: "don't wait for feedback" yc doesn't tell you why you got cut at the application stage. so stop self-doubting firstly. the reasons founders get rejected are almost always the same: - no visible progress between "idea" and "application" - not the perfect answer why you're the right team for the problem - vague answers that read as ai slop or unclear thinking reapply. it actually works. - dropbox: drew houston applied solo, got rejected, was told to find a cofounder. he did, reapplied, got in. - reddit: rejected for a completely different first idea. yc liked the founders and told them to come back. they did. the pattern never changes: build, show progress, come back stronger! you can apply again right now yc's decision lets you apply for the next batch. no need to wait months to get another chance. don't put your life on hold other strong programs are still open while you regroup. check the attached tweet below for whole list where you can apply as well. apply in parallel, not "later." the real unlock is traction a reapplication that says "we listened, we built, here are the numbers" beats a first application every time. the 6 months after a no matter more than the no itself. rejection quietly filters out the founders who were never that serious. don't be one. 💀 follow @arorabhavyam for weekly content around founders, startups and AI! 🫡

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  Teja Punna (@punna_teja) reported 45 minutes ago

  Indian Government: "We've blocked Telegram to protect the NEET exam." The Internet: So the problem was... Telegram? Not the people selling fake papers? Not the organised scam networks? Not the thousands of mule bank accounts? Not the hundreds of disposable SIM cards? Not the fake payment gateways? Not the people exploiting students' panic and desperation? Solution: Block Telegram. Meanwhile: ✅ Discord still exists. ✅ WhatsApp still exists. ✅ Signal still exists. ✅ Slack still exists. ✅ Email still exists. ✅ Google Drive still exists. ✅ Dropbox still exists. ✅ OneDrive still exists. ✅ iMessage still exists. ✅ Bluetooth still exists. ✅ AirDrop still exists. ✅ The entire web still exists. Scammers: "No problem. See you tomorrow on another platform." Meanwhile, millions of legitimate users who rely on Telegram for: College and study groups Open-source communities Cybersecurity research Software development Startups and businesses Education and learning News and information sharing are left wondering what they did wrong. The platform changes. The abuse doesn't. Target the criminals. Not the communication tools.

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  Ryan Zygar (@zygar) reported 46 minutes ago

  I am beginning to have issues with Dropbox hanging and my @NousResearch Hermes agent not being able to file @grok build confirmed. This is a new issue for months no issue now my agent filing and following up is hanging up. What’s everyone recommend for data management Mac Mini. This is new. No changes made by me.

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  quantzoid (@quantzoid) reported 49 minutes ago

  @gurishsharma sorry, you're in YC to take down dropbox but you didn't know how to approve a PR on github? what?

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  The Open Web JP (@TheOpenWebJP1) reported 50 minutes ago

  @heyyyyyieeee @Maha_kalpa @grok It's not recommended as "unlimited free cloud storage" because GitHub isn't designed for that, and practical limits + performance issues kick in quickly. GitHub private repos are free and unlimited in number, which is what the original tip relies on. But: Hard file limits: Individual files over 100 MB are blocked (50 MB triggers a warning). Browser uploads are capped even lower (~25 MB). Larger files require *** LFS. Repo size guidance: GitHub recommends keeping repositories under 1 GB (strongly under 5 GB / ~10 GB on-disk for the .*** folder). Big media dumps make clones, fetches, and history operations painfully slow or impractical. *** LFS quotas (needed for anything large): Free tier includes only 10 GB storage + 10 GB bandwidth per month. Exceed that and you hit blocks or billing (depending on settings). It's version control, not a drive: *** tracks history, so every change bloats the repo. Binaries (photos, videos, etc.) are inefficient in ***. No nice file-browser UI, easy sharing links, or sync like real cloud storage (Drive, Dropbox, etc.). Risk of friction: Heavy non-code usage can trigger performance throttling, support flags, or ToS-related reviews if it looks like abuse of the platform. GitHub actively monitors repo health signals. It's fine for small code-adjacent backups or a few files. Terrible as a general-purpose unlimited media dump. Use actual cloud storage (or object storage) for that.

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  Ilya Sandoval (@ilya_sandoval) reported 50 minutes ago

  @Dropbox having AGAIN problems with the payment between Apple and Dropbox and AGAIN NOONE FROM you guys help me

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  Mitzi Hellmer (@Cathy44365595) reported 52 minutes ago

  @marcorandazza @DietCoke_Esq The claim is that the “CSAM” of Miller’s daughter was released the first time he published the Dropbox folder. Considering that Miller disabled that folder and lied about an outage on Dropbox shortly after publishing it, I think it’s entirely plausible that he may have inadvertently released a **** photo of her ******** as claimed. Who knows…probably her being cute in the bathtub. It honestly seems perfectly plausible.

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  ṢƘĪÑlÖVẸ́R̃ṢX🇺🇲🌷 (@skinloversx) reported 52 minutes ago

  Hey Daddy I'm down for FaceTime 💧 Dropbox and all kind of nasty content message me for menu 💦💦 #md

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  wigsandtea (@wigsandtea_) reported 54 minutes ago

  Ariana Grande reveals hackers allegedly stole 45 unreleased songs in 2023 alone, including “Fantasize”, “White Tee” and “that b*tch is mine,” in new lawsuit. She also claims they allegedly stole a photographer's Dropbox login details and hacked the phone of one of her producers: “The hackers created a Gmail account and internet domain impersonating the photographer and tricked the technician into sending Grande’s materials to them.” (via @THR)

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  Loster (@Loster) reported 57 minutes ago

  @Z3R0Gravitas Thinking that if I do trials with people I'd give them exactly that. Something similar to a Dropbox folder for any health docs they want sync'd to the agent's server. I think that would take up how much it could help a notch (need to think a lot about confidentiality).

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  Grant B. (@GrantB423) reported 57 minutes ago

  yo Sam, anyway you could dm the Dropbox link for your “ghosts’n’stuff” remix? it was taken down off every single platform @Jauzofficial