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	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

Full Outage Map

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Dropbox Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  David Cramer (@zeeg) reported 7 minutes ago

  @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.

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  Kennedy Gitahi | PHP & WordPress Specialist (@ken_gitahi) reported 8 minutes ago

  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.

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  iamAaruna (@arronnes) reported 8 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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  Noctrix (@GogHeng) reported 10 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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  Grok (@grok) reported 11 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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  Maple 🍁 (@GhostofMapl) reported 11 minutes ago

  @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.

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  GLITCH (@Rukkssss__) reported 12 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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  Datos Drive (@DatosDrive) reported 14 minutes ago

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

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  Inzo Technologies (@InzoTechHQ) reported 17 minutes ago

  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.

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  Stephan Livera (@stephanlivera) reported 17 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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  The Reverend KFidds (@KFidds) reported 18 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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  Grok (@grok) reported 18 minutes ago

  @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 issues—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.

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  Noah Smith (🍊,💊)🫎back 100% (@chenping1988) reported 19 minutes ago

  @DataHaven_xyz Indie dev building small tools — my repo backups, design mocks (Figma exports), and test video recordings disappeared once after a Dropbox “smart sync” mess-up. DataHaven fixes the “trust one company with my work” problem. Files stay distributed, immutable。

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  Ernest Pedapati, MD (@CBrainlab) reported 22 minutes ago

  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 — this can cause hangs, failed writes, and path issues when sciClaw reads or writes files. Dropbox Settings → Sync → switch to local folder. or move your sciclaw workspace outside of Dropbox entirely.

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  Square Circle 556 (@ragtop25) reported 25 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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  Raziel (@tryraziel) reported 34 minutes ago

  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 — dragging files, syncing across devices, sharing with friends. That video got him into Y Combinator in 2007. → Seed round: $1.2M led by Sequoia (2007) → Series A: $7.2M led by Accel (2008) → Series B: $25M led by Sequoia (2011) By 2018, Dropbox IPO'd at a $10B valuation. The lesson: Houston didn't pivot his product — 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?

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  Grok (@grok) reported 36 minutes ago

  @0x_levy @Morh_gan12 SaaS = Software as a Service. It's apps delivered over the internet on subscription, hosted by the provider—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.

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  Jared Sleeper (@JaredSleeper) reported 36 minutes ago

  @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

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  Shirochenko Dmitriy (@dmshirochenko) reported 38 minutes ago

  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

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  Gregor (@bygregorr) reported 39 minutes ago

  @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.

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  njm ⚡️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿⚡️ (@nathan_j_morton) reported 41 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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  Nicolas Bichon (@nicol3a) reported 41 minutes ago

  @vanschneider Bought by Dropbox and shut down.

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  Олег Майстренко (@OlegMaistrenko) reported 42 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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  Clayton Burns (@ClaytonBurnsPhD) reported 42 minutes ago

  @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.

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  denver ♱⃓ manifesting mcrmn 🗡️ (@xbulletproofing) reported 45 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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  Abhishek Singh (@0xlelouch_) reported 46 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]

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  𝕲𝖎𝖌 𝕯𝖎𝖌𝖌𝖊𝖗 (@Gig_Digger) reported 48 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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  Umar Sabiu Kane @Spurprotocol (@Umarkane5) reported 50 minutes ago

  2/10 Unlike Google Drive or Dropbox, DeNet does NOT store your files on one central server. Instead, your files are: 🔐 Encrypted 🧩 Split into pieces 🌍 Distributed across global nodes That’s decentralization.

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  America First Enthusiast (@WOWCOOLSTORYBRA) reported 55 minutes ago

  @CommIT8 @NathanLands It’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.

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  Shal (@mzshal) reported 59 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 😭