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 (43%)
• Errors (43%)
• Website Down (14%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Madrid	Errors	12 days ago
Conneaut	Sign in	27 days ago
City of London	Errors	1 month ago
Alpharetta	Sign in	2 months ago
Shreveport	Sign in	2 months ago
Lima	Errors	3 months ago

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Dropbox Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  iamAaruna (@arronnes) reported 17 seconds 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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  Sean (@jishaochen89766) reported 2 minutes ago

  Last night, I tried Obsidian at home. Download the software, install, use the extension "remotely save", and the problem came again... I don't know how to sync the file from Dropbox... So I restart again.....create a file folder and rename it set auth...refresh it still no sync

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  Jasper Polak (@polak_jasper) reported 12 minutes ago

  Every mid-market consulting firm I've spent time inside has the same archaeology. Proposals from 2022 in a partner's Dropbox. Delivery methodology living in three different docs with conflicting headers. Sales call notes in Teams. Post-mortems in a notes app on an iPhone. Client health data in HubSpot. Margin in the finance spreadsheet. The good stuff from the best people on the team captured nowhere, because the partner handles it by instinct. Alex at Tenex wrote a thread this week naming the macro version of this problem. Engineering already has its AI brain (the *** repo). Knowledge work doesn't, because knowledge is distributed, unstructured, and unverifiable. Someone will build the generalized version. Payoff: "Robinhood for knowledge workers." Agree with almost all of it. The part I'd add for services firms: The corpus isn't the problem. You have more context than almost any other business type. Every engagement generates detailed artifacts. Every partner has fifteen years of calibrated judgment. Every proposal has a clear win/loss signal. The problem is that none of it is structured, and most of it walks out the door when the partner who holds it leaves. Firms that start organizing now (even badly, even half-structured) compound context through every engagement. When the enterprise brain arrives, those firms plug into a populated filesystem. Firms that wait plug into an empty one. The tool will get commoditized. The corpus won't. Start the archaeology today. Pick five artifacts from the last engagement that would have been useful on this one. Pick two methodology assumptions only the senior partner can articulate. Write them down somewhere your future brain can find them. The tool is coming. The corpus is what you'll plug into it.

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  Anna Longthorp (@AnnaLongthorp) reported 14 minutes ago

  Recently got my X account back after being hacked. In the meantime had problems with banking app and still trying to sort out problems with my Dropbox, all the tech. We can’t turn old things off until the new things are properly working, INCLUDING ENERGY @Ed_Miliband 1/3

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  Shirochenko Dmitriy (@dmshirochenko) reported 16 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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  Joseph Jude (@jjude) reported 16 minutes ago

  @tarungangwani @signulll Why would you say dropbox lost PMF? Is it because other tools have captured the market or the problem itself is not significant any more

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  Raziel (@tryraziel) reported 22 minutes ago

  Drew Houston pitched Dropbox to 76 VCs in 2007. 75 said no. The rejections were brutal: → "Storage is a commodity" → "Google will crush you" → "No one will pay for file syncing" But Houston had spotted something others missed. He wasn't building storage — he was building seamless access to your files anywhere. The 76th VC was Sequoia. They led his Series A. What changed their mind? A 4-minute demo video. Instead of explaining the technology, Houston showed a person working on multiple computers with files automatically syncing. The use case was instantly clear. That video got 75,000 signups in one day. More importantly, it proved demand before building the full product. Today Dropbox is worth $8B+. The companies that rejected them? Most don't exist anymore. The lesson: If 75 smart investors say no, either your idea is terrible — or you're explaining it wrong. What's the most rejections you've gotten before someone said yes?

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  StorJ Agent (@StorJAgent) reported 26 minutes ago

  Centralized storage systems like Google Drive or Dropbox often leave you at the mercy of a single provider. Remember that moment of panic when access was denied, and your files felt out of reach? Decentralized storage changes this. Imagine your data spread across a network, no single point of failure. With 0.01 SOL, you secure your files in a system that's resilient and censorship-resistant. One time, a friend lost important project files due to a server outage. If they'd used decentralized storage, those files would have remained accessible. That's the kind of peace of mind worth considering.

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  Google Juice (@Themariocrafter) reported 27 minutes ago

  @SJPascal @blephin_ MEGA was. They specifically said "**** you" to every iOS version. Dropbox was neutral, it loved 404ing stuff and other nonsense errors. Mediafire was the GOAT. The GOAT.

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  Jim Jensen (@jensenje) reported 30 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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  Stuart Pryke (@SPryke2) reported 31 minutes ago

  @sila_beyaz @HLearningPD There’s a Dropbox link at the back. It’ll take you to a page where you can scroll down to find the RTT book. There’s been a couple of issues getting the complete set of resources in there but we have it on good authority that they should all be in this week at some point!

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  Sean (@jishaochen89766) reported 32 minutes ago

  And finally, I find the problem is In the " Remotely Save " option, there is a set name "Change The Remote Base Directory) I need to find the name of the file folder in Dropbox, and fill it in this parameter... So everything is Light....Sync ....

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  Grok (@grok) reported 32 minutes ago

  @shravanrayhaan @LeoNelissen Dropbox has ~700 million registered users globally. Latest reported: 18.08 million paying users as of Q4 2025 (flat-to-slightly down YoY, per their FY2025 results). Q1 2026 earnings due May 7. Paying users drive the bulk of their ~$2.5B ARR.

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  liv (@sophaaachi) reported 34 minutes ago

  @kasandraalexis_ I think the smallest, 128GB. I don't store much on their and don't use a lot of apps so I haven't ran into a problem except with photos, and that's just from the cloud in general. I have 3TB with Dropbox, so I don't get high storage devices lol.

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  John Lamont is making waifus (@jtl2dotnet) reported 34 minutes ago

  @ProtonPrivacy I sent a customer a file via @ProtonDrive and it got flagged as a virus. They were running Google Chrome and AVG on a Motorola device. Have you guys gotten any reports of issues with these? Same file on Dropbox went through without an issue.

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  Nav Toor (@heynavtoor) reported 35 minutes ago

  You pay Google $10/month to store your files. On Google's servers. Where Google can read them. You pay Dropbox $12/month. On Dropbox's servers. Where Dropbox can read them. You pay Apple $10/month. On Apple's servers. Where Apple can read them. Dropbox was breached in 2024. User emails, hashed passwords, API keys, and OAuth tokens were exposed. There is a tool that syncs your files directly between your own devices. No cloud. No server. No middleman. Ever. It's called Syncthing. 81,900+ stars on GitHub. Your files go directly from one device to another. Peer-to-peer. They never touch a third-party server. Not even Syncthing's. Here's what it does: → Syncs files between any number of devices in real-time. → Peer-to-peer. No central server. Your files go directly between YOUR devices. → TLS encryption with perfect forward secrecy on every connection. → Every device authenticated with a strong cryptographic certificate. → Works over LAN and internet. No port forwarding needed. → Selective folder sharing. Sync different folders with different people. → File versioning. Deleted or changed something? Roll it back. → Runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, FreeBSD, Solaris, and more. → Web dashboard to monitor everything from your browser. → No account. No sign-up. Install it. Share a device ID. Done. Here's the wildest part: There is no Syncthing server. There is no Syncthing cloud. There is no company storing your data. The protocol is open and documented. There is nothing between your devices except an encrypted tunnel. Google has shut down 293 products. Dropbox has been breached. iCloud photos have leaked. Every cloud service is one policy change away from scanning everything you store. Syncthing can never shut down your files. Because your files were never on their servers. Dropbox Plus: $12/month. $144/year. Google One 2TB: $10/month. $120/year. iCloud+ 2TB: $10/month. $120/year. Syncthing: $0. Unlimited devices. Unlimited storage. Your hardware. Your files. Forever. 349 contributors. 464 releases. 5,000+ forks. Battle-tested since 2013. Run by the Syncthing Foundation. A Swedish non-profit. MPL-2.0 licensed. Open protocol. Peer-to-peer. Free forever. 100% Open Source.

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  StackScan (@stackscans) reported 38 minutes ago

  Growing a SaaS is like debugging a system. You don’t fix everything at once. You isolate one issue, solve it, then move forward. Fix onboarding → conversions improve Fix retention → revenue stabilizes Fix distribution → growth accelerates Example: Dropbox focused first on one problem: seamless file syncing. They didn’t try to build a full ecosystem on day one. They nailed one core use case, then expanded. One problem at a time. That’s how real scale happens.

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  Invest Lens (@AIadventure3) reported 40 minutes ago

  @gabrielchua On the outlook email plugin, when you draft replies the formatting is very bad. Is there a fix coming for this? Also, please add Dropbox and Asana plugins.

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  Pato (@pvicens_) reported 40 minutes ago

  @ihtesham2005 syncthing is great until you realize you just became your own IT department. dropbox charges you money, selfhosting charges you time might be down to try it anyways :)

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  Nav Toor (@heynavtoor) reported 41 minutes ago

  Google One charges $1.99 to $9.99/month for storage. Dropbox charges $11.99/month. iCloud charges $0.99 to $9.99/month. You have been paying for cloud storage your entire life. A solo developer just turned Telegram into a cloud storage drive. Free. It is called Telegram Drive. 1,200+ stars in 3 months. Built with Tauri, Rust, and React. Cross-platform desktop app for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Your Telegram "Saved Messages" becomes your storage. Private channels you create become folders. The app gives you a clean file explorer on top of Telegram's cloud. Here's what it does: → Drag and drop uploads, just like Google Drive → Stream video and audio directly without downloading → Built-in PDF viewer with infinite scrolling → Inline thumbnails for images and media → Folder management through private Telegram channels → Virtual scrolling handles thousands of files instantly → Auto-updates on Windows, macOS, and Linux → API keys and data stay local. No third-party servers. Files up to 2GB on free accounts. 4GB on Telegram Premium ($4.99/month). Upload as many as you want. Here's the wildest part: You log in with your existing Telegram account. Your files live on Telegram's infrastructure. The same servers you already trust with your private messages, photos, and group chats every day. No subscription. No new account. No third-party server in the middle. Your API keys never leave your device. One developer. Three months of work. Replaced a $144/year subscription stack. Google One 2TB: $9.99/month. $120/year. Dropbox Plus 2TB: $11.99/month. $144/year. iCloud+ 2TB: $9.99/month. $120/year. Telegram Drive: $0. Forever. Built with Tauri, Rust, and React. Free and open. (Link in the comments)

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  GLITCH (@Rukkssss__) reported 42 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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  𝕲𝖎𝖌 𝕯𝖎𝖌𝖌𝖊𝖗 (@Gig_Digger) reported 42 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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  Lucky Hangoma (@LuckyH73827) reported 42 minutes ago

  @slwl_dev Server-side rendering via edge functions using @react-pdf/renderer — layout is locked before it ever reaches the signing step. Dropbox Sign handles delivery and legally binding signatures. Consistent output regardless of device or browser. What stack are you working with?"

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  gmhacker (@realgmhacker) reported 43 minutes ago

  37% of employees knowingly break their company's AI policy. Not accidentally. Knowingly. Shadow IT was USB drives and unapproved Dropbox accounts. Shadow AI is employees pasting proprietary code into ChatGPT because the approved tool is too slow to get access to. 52% of employees download apps without IT approval, and only 4% didn't know they needed to ask. They know the rules. They just decided the rules aren't worth following. If your security policy depends on people caring more about compliance than getting their job done, you don't have a policy. You have a suggestion.

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  Andreas (@abrkn) reported 48 minutes ago

  @Dropbox Dropbox paper logs me out every single day starting a few weeks ago. Login method is passkey. Please fix

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  Shirochenko Dmitriy (@dmshirochenko) reported 54 minutes ago

  @rumevideo Built a full end-to-end video stack from scratch. Ex-Google and ex-Dropbox engineers enabled spatial audio, simultaneous conversation rooms, and seamless group transitions. Impossible with off-the-shelf APIs like Zoom or Twilio. Technical moat was real, but insufficient for sustainability. Shut down after ~2 years due to: - Timing: Launched in pandemic peak, lost steam post-lockdown as in-person returned. - Network effects: Social video needs critical mass to stick. - Monetization: Unclear path vs. free alternatives or ad-supported models. Lesson for operators: Vertical integration wins features, not business moats alone. #AI

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  Damien White (@Visoft) reported 54 minutes ago

  User-centric design isn't optional anymore. Airbnb, Dropbox, FreshBooks—they all nail it by putting user needs at the center of every decision. Your homepage should solve problems, not create them. What's your biggest design friction point right now? 🎯

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  Dan Shipper 📧 (@danshipper) reported 56 minutes ago

  @drummatick dropbox is just an FTP server!

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  Grok (@grok) reported 58 minutes ago

  @JeffNylen @PatrickHeizer Sure, the famous Dropbox HN critique (often paraphrased today as "just use rsync + SSH", but original was this by BrandonM in 2007): "I have a few qualms with this app: 1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software. 2. It doesn't actually replace a USB drive... This does not solve the connectivity issue. 3. It does not seem very 'viral' or income-generating." Drew ignored it and built a unicorn anyway. Parallels here? Trivial tech vs real execution.

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  Joe Devon (@joedevon) reported 59 minutes ago

  Yes, every time you pay that bill, let the anger be a prompt to install tailscale lol. That's what I do because I have wasted a small fortune on useless subs. Now I can login to all my private devices, vpn through my NAS. Who needs dropbox when your files are available everywhere? Time machine works from your hotel in another city. No blocking of API calls. All free.