The Digital Press

Webflow has been experiencing a major service disruption affecting its Dashboard, application, API, and form submissions for over 31 hours, with ongoing efforts to restore full functionality.

Why it matters: The outage interrupts access to core Webflow features, impacting users' ability to manage websites and submit forms.

The big picture: Extended downtime highlights challenges in infrastructure scalability and potential technical debt within Webflow’s backend systems.

The stakes: Prolonged disruption risks user frustration, loss of trust, and potential business impacts for Webflow’s customers relying on the platform.

Commenters say: Many sympathize with the engineering team’s difficult situation, speculate on architectural flaws, and express hope for a detailed postmortem to learn from the incident.