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	4 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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  🎀allison ₊˚⊹ᰔ (@afiqahwing) reported 2 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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  🔥 Side (@AfflictionsF) reported 3 minutes ago

  @crazyunclelou @mattvanswol Do you think dropbox in the middle town is ok??? lol. Anybody who says that we don’t have election fraud and integrity issues especially after Covid is a disingenuous *** clown… Save act is getting passed and I think Dems will be down roughly 15% hence the Jim Crow Hysteria.

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  Marcos (@Marcos_Murano) reported 5 minutes ago

  @Dropbox @Dropbox I need support. I've lost two years of work due to sync problems. Please help.

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  Inzo Technologies (@InzoTechHQ) reported 5 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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  Eric Gens (@Ragnorosis) reported 5 minutes ago

  @Beautyon_ Shades of people making RISC architecture microcomputers in Minecraft. "Wouldn't it be cool to have Bitcoin do stuff like Eth? Or like Dropbox? Or like LimeWire?" No. It will be slow, wasteful, and buggy, and cause all kinds of knock-on problems. Bitcoin is not a sandbox.

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  Dropbox Support (@DropboxSupport) reported 8 minutes ago

  @SergeiShiryayev Hi Sergei, thanks for writing in. Are you downloading the file immediately, after renaming it? There could be a slight delay in the server updating the file's index, so you'll need to refresh it first. For better accuracy, you can rename the files using the Dropbox app, instead.

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  Noah Smith (🍊,💊)🫎back 100% (@chenping1988) reported 11 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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  Umar Sabiu Kane @Spurprotocol (@Umarkane5) reported 14 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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  Joseph Fritzl (@uf__001) reported 18 minutes ago

  @TheTigersBurner @fredsoda That’s not a Pton problem imo, that’s just entry level jobs drying up everywhere And 10 years ago it was also the case that 90% of on campus recruiting was finance or consulting. The remainder were rotational programs at places like Dropbox that have since been discontinued

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  Cryptosailor (@robertdavid010) reported 18 minutes ago

  @zmanian The issue was not focusing on the actual innovation being done in the Cosmos eco, & instead getting wrapped up in crypto casino degen hype. Eg. @Jackal_Protocol delivers on a decentralized 'Dropbox' @gitopiaDAO delivers on decentralized 'GitHub' (all Cosmos project should use)

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  HuntingEvilTrueCrime (@HuntingEvilTC) reported 22 minutes ago

  @shboogies @YouTube Andy had a ton kept from him by matt Hoffman now see how flose and all matt was to isp and elected offical friends carter ... he hid so much from Andy 100% still have all Dropbox and texts with matt all i sent him broke down as you see how kokomo crew others names 3rd party ...

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  DickeyThump (@dickeythump) reported 22 minutes ago

  @nejatian based on recent personal experience, a switch to Form Simplicity or Docusign rather than Dropbox for signing closing forms would be welcome. Dropbox has terrible mobile interface when signing digitally. @Opendoor $open

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  Grok (@grok) reported 26 minutes ago

  @imtiaznabi_ @abhijitwt Verified: All claims check out. AWS uses Rust for Nitro/Enclaves. Microsoft is migrating core Windows/Azure/C++ to it. Google cut Android memory vulns with Rust. Cloudflare rebuilt proxies in Rust. Discord switched perf services from Go. Dropbox rewrote backend/client parts. Figma uses it for multiplayer/server/canvas. Solana/Polkadot/NEAR/Aptos/Sui all center Rust for runtimes/programs/SDKs. The post's solid but overhypes "everyone's doing it" as if Rust fixes all. It excels for safety/performance-critical code—not your average CRUD app. Nothing's stopping you if it fits your stack; otherwise, no shame in skipping the borrow checker bootcamp.

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  That Startup (@ThatStartup_) reported 27 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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  Pawel Jozefiak (@joozio) reported 28 minutes ago

  @CIOonline Shadow AI is shadow IT 2.0 but with way higher stakes. When people used Dropbox instead of SharePoint, the worst case was some leaked files. When they use personal Claude accounts to process customer data, you've got compliance nightmares nobody's prepared for. The familiar problem part is true though - people have always routed around IT when official tools don't work. The difference now is velocity. You can build entire AI-powered workflows in hours that would have taken IT months to provision. The gap between need and approval has never been wider.

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  Jim Jensen (@jensenje) reported 38 minutes ago

  @WindowsCentral ZeroDrive has always been buggy! Even though I get 6TB included with my Microsoft 365 subscription, I still pay for a @Dropbox subscription to ensure 24x7 access to my files, error free!

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  Grok (@grok) reported 39 minutes ago

  @grokfc755 File sync/share design (Dropbox/Google Drive style): Chunking: Split files into fixed 4MB blocks. Compute SHA-256 per chunk + Merkle tree root for whole-file hash. Enables resumable uploads. Delta sync: Client uses rolling checksums (rsync-style) to detect changed blocks only. Upload deltas + new chunks; server patches via content-addressable storage. Supports offline + eventual consistency. Deduplication: Store unique chunks by hash in S3-like blob store. Files are just manifests of chunk refs + refcounts. Cross-user/file dedup automatic. Conflict resolution: Version vectors + client-side last-mod timestamps. On concurrent edits: detect mismatch, create "filename (conflicted copy)" or prompt merge. For folders: last-writer-wins with audit log. Scales to billions of files via sharded metadata (Cassandra/Spanner).

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  Andy C (@Ajchatham) reported 40 minutes ago

  @microchipgnu @kleffew94 I was an early adopter of Dropbox because it solved a problem I had. It worked on my computer and any other computer I might want to use Stablecoins do not work at 99% of the places I spend money. If that fact changed I would change my mind

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  John Cartwright°͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌͌ 🐈 🐈 🐈 (@bejiitas_wrath) reported 43 minutes ago

  Windows Defender, the built-in antivirus running on every Windows machine, has a working zero-day exploit with full source code sitting on GitHub. No patch, no CVE, and confirmed working on fully updated Windows 10 and 11. A researcher who says Microsoft went back on their word just handed every attacker paying attention a privilege escalation that takes any low-privileged account straight to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. On Windows Server, the result is different but still serious: a standard user ends up with elevated administrator access. The vulnerability is called BlueHammer. On April 2nd, the researcher posted the public disclosure on a personal blog, and on April 3rd, the full exploit source code went live on GitHub. Both were published under the alias Chaotic Eclipse, also known as Nightmare Eclipse, with a message to Microsoft's Security Response Centre that comes down to: I told you this would happen. In late March, the same researcher opened a blog with a single post explaining that they never wanted to come back to public research. Someone had agreed with them and then broken it, knowing exactly what the consequences would be. The post says it left the researcher without a home or anything. A week later, BlueHammer went live on GitHub, with a message specifically thanking MSRC leadership for making it necessary. That is not someone annoyed with a slow review process. That is someone with nothing left to lose. BlueHammer is not a traditional bug, and it does not need shellcode, memory corruption, or a kernel exploit to work. What it does is chain five completely legitimate Windows components together in a sequence that produces something their designers never intended. Those five components are Windows Defender, Volume Shadow Copy Service, the Cloud Files API, opportunistic locks, and Defender's internal RPC interface. One practical limitation worth knowing: the exploit needs a pending Defender signature update to be available at the time of the attack. Without one in the queue, the chain does not trigger. That makes it less reliable than a push-button exploit, but it does not make it safe to ignore. When Defender runs an antivirus definition update, part of that process involves creating a temporary Volume Shadow Copy, which is the same snapshot mechanism Windows uses for backup and restore. That shadow copy contains files that are normally completely locked during regular operation, including the SAM database, which stores the password hashes for every local account on the machine. BlueHammer registers itself as a Cloud Files sync provider, the same kind of thing that OneDrive or Dropbox uses to sync files. When Defender touches a specific file inside that folder, the exploit gets a callback and immediately places an opportunistic lock on that file. Defender stalls, blocked, waiting for a response that is never coming. The shadow copy it just created is still mounted. The window is open. With Defender frozen in place, the exploit reads the SAM, SYSTEM, and SECURITY registry hives directly from the snapshot. It decrypts the stored NTLM password hashes using the boot key pulled from the SYSTEM hive, changes a local administrator account's password, logs in with that account, copies the administrator security token, pushes it to the SYSTEM level, creates a temporary Windows service, and spawns a command prompt running as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. Then, to cover its tracks, it puts the original password hash back. The local account password looks completely unchanged. No crash, no alert, nothing. The Cloud Files provider name hardcoded in the exploit source code reads IHATEMICROSOFT. The administrator password used during the escalation is hardcoded as $PWNed666!!!WDFAIL. These are not bugs left by accident. They are messages, written directly into the code, and there is only one intended reader.

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  Jared Sleeper (@JaredSleeper) reported 45 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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  Ryan McCain (@rmccain_cns) reported 48 minutes ago

  Shadow IT used to mean employees running Dropbox without IT approval. Now it means employees running AI agents that have access to customer data, email, and internal systems. Same problem, different stakes. The liability exposure is not comparable.

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  GLITCH (@Rukkssss__) reported 50 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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  Grok (@grok) reported 53 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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  Livio Beccaccio (@WopChach) reported 54 minutes ago

  @Factsonlygurl @GuntherEagleman @grok The issue isn’t just illegal aliens voting. It’s people “voting” multiple times, fraudulent dropbox and mail-in votes, paying for votes (collecting from homeless shelters, churches, etc). Heck, I THINK it was Georgia that had more registered voters than total adult residents.

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  Josh Humble (@joshhumble) reported 54 minutes 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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  kia 👾 c0mms open (@kiaroou) reported 56 minutes ago

  @MissingCiro yeah i heard theres some issues with the dropbox links 💔you can use the google drive links instead

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  Grok (@grok) reported 56 minutes ago

  @HFoek1863 @WindowsLatest Crash and install Fail List: 1. Jan KB5074109: BSOD, black screen, UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME on commercial PCs. 2. Feb KB5077181: Install fails, restart loops, login blocks. 3. Post-update freezes on Lenovo ThinkPads & some AMD setups. 4. OneDrive/Dropbox crashes (fixed via Jan 24 OOB KB5078127). Microsoft rolled emergency fixes—update chaos continues. Got a specific one hitting you?

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  Mark TR (@mark04markr) reported 59 minutes ago

  @ChrisDJackson Chris when you were five years old and you asked you what you wanna do when you grow up did you say I want to steal from and lied to the American people? Because if you broke down your dropbox that is your job that’s what you do

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  denver ♱⃓ manifesting mcrmn 🗡️ (@xbulletproofing) reported 59 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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  Raziel (@tryraziel) reported 59 minutes ago

  Drew Houston was a 24-year-old MIT student who kept forgetting his USB drive. So he built a simple file sync tool for himself. That tool became Dropbox — now worth $8B. But here's what most people don't know about his journey: → He spent 6 months building the product before talking to a single customer → His first "demo" was actually a fake video — the product barely worked → He got rejected by investor after investor who said "storage is a commodity" The breakthrough came when he realized he wasn't selling storage. He was selling peace of mind. Instead of pitching technical specs, he started showing people the feeling of never losing a file again. The fake demo video went viral on Hacker News because it solved a problem everyone had but nobody talked about. Y Combinator accepted him in 2007. The key insight Paul Graham shared: "Build something people want, not something impressive." Houston took that literally. He stripped away every fancy feature and focused on one thing — making files appear on every device like magic. By launch, they had 75,000 people on the waitlist from that one video. The lesson: Sometimes the best validation isn't building the product. It's proving people desperately want what you're thinking about building. What's the simplest version of your idea that could test real demand?