Discord voice call servers down update: Thousands complain of ‘calls broken’; how to fix it, when will service resume

The voice server of Discord faced problems on September 10 as thousands flocked to complain. The voice server of Discord faced problems on September 10 as thousands flocked to complain. At the time of writing, Downdetector logged over 14,000 people facing problems with the Discord app.The Discord logo is seen here. (Unsplash)Downdetector screenshot showing users facing issues with Discord. (Downdetector)On the Discord Status Page the company noted there was an ‘Issue with establishing voice calls.’ They added that they were currently investigating the matter. The post was made at 12:21am ET, and Discord did not provide a timeline of when services would be back up.Meanwhile, several people complained about facing issues with Discord. On Downdetector, 90% of people said they were facing issues with voice calls.Discord voice call down: Thousands complain onlineMany complained on social media about the voice calls feature being down, while some also expressed frustrations in the Downdetector comments section.One wrote “ah yes it's always last minute moments when discord decides 'yeah we are gonna shut down vc for a bit'.” Another added “no way it went down twice”. Yet another said “DISCORD EOS.. VOICE STILL CRASH.”It appears that the issue was resolved for some but some users continue to face problems. However, others said it was back up for them, but complained they were facing other problems like streaming.One person shared a recording of the Discord situation and wrote “discord is down but not down but its definitely down but not.”Another added they had to move to Google Teams meet to ‘finish’ the ‘convo’. Yet another said “How am I gonna sleep call with discord down”.Discord waiting for voice server error: How to fixDiscord's "Waiting for Voice Server" or "Awaiting Endpoint" error usually occurs when there is a server-side outage, a temporary network glitch, or a blocked regional connection. Here, Discord has already issued a statement that the problem is on their side. While quick fixes are not likely to resolve the problem for Discord users, there are some steps they can still undertake. These involve restarting Discord completely, changing the Voice Region, switching the network, and flushing the DNS.Shuvrajit has over seven years of experience covering US, India, and world news. An English Literature postgraduate from Jadavpur University, Shuvrajit started off covering entertainment, gaming and all things pop culture. There were brief periods away from the media industry, with short stints in content marketing, ed-tech and academic editing. However, the newsroom beckoned and over the last few jobs, Shuvrajit has exceedingly focused on team functioning as well, including tracking news and assigning tasks, working on everyday breaking news, framing detailed coverage plans, and creating immersive and data-driven stories. In his time as a digital journalist, he has covered a Lok Sabha election, multiple state elections, Union Budgets and award ceremonies. He has also helped in planning content for company event panels in the past. For work, Shuvrajit enjoys dabbling with data visualization, editing tools, and AI chatbots and attempts to incorporate AI workflows in everyday tasks. He is deeply interested in geopolitics, sports, films and music. Prompting is a new fascination for Shuvrajit now. Apart from that, he can be found doom-scrolling, sharing memes, or cheering on his favorite football team.Read More