OMG, it’s a grown-up snow day in corporate America because Slack is down across the US!!! That’s right, babe; you can stop refreshing because you didn’t do anything wrong (or get laid off). The Slack app is reporting a major outage, which means you can avoid your coworkers with zero consequences for once. I used to pray for times like this (when people had to email me and I could ignore them because I was actually buying my third coffee of the day and flirting with the barista). Raise your hand if you’ve been personally victimized by the Slack chime! Yep, that’s just about everyone, like I thought. I guess I really shouldn’t complain about being the Slackbot’s bitch as someone who has also suffered the trauma of Microsoft Teams ringtone, but honestly, I’m going to anyway. Is Slack still down right now? The updated answer is below.

Is Slack still down today, February 26?

Slack is reportedly back online for many users on February 26, 2025, after thousands of users across the United States dealt with a massive software blackout earlier in the day. Oops!

Is Slack for mobile working?

The mobile Slack app is still performing but became unreliable during the app’s blackout, with messages quickly failing to send. But, um, if your boss asks, maybe your phone is broken too (wink, wink).

Can you skip work if Slack is down?

While you’re technically still on the clock, here’s everything you should totally try to get away with since Slack isn’t picking up the phone rn.

Skip Your Meetings

Ahh, dang, we can’t do our morning Slack huddle to reiterate what was already sent out via email?! Sorry, Mr. CEO! What’s that? Has the meeting been moved to Zoom? Weird, I saw on Twitter that there’s a nationwide blackout on that app, too.

Online Shop

Now that no one can scrutinize if that little green dot is active or not, you’re free to hit add to cart as much as your heart desires, sister. And since you’re basically getting free money for the next few hours, anything you buy is free. Girl math!

Stalk Your Ex

Yeah, I know you were going to do that anyway, but since you have full permission to be attached to your phone today, you might as well get a few extra hours to ensure his life is hell from afar.

Get A Manicure

You are no longer chained to that super chunky PC, baby! Go get your nails did, hair did, everything did because, in the good ol’ days of answering emails, a delay is totally fair game.