New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- Slack, the popular workplace messaging platform, experienced a significant outage on Wednesday, leaving thousands of users unable to connect or send messages. According to DownDetector, a website that tracks online service disruptions, over 3,000 people had reported issues with Slack by 10:00 PM IST.

Slack's technical dashboard first acknowledged the disruption at 9:57 PM IST, citing difficulties in loading the platform and establishing connections. As the outage persisted, affected users reported problems with core features, including messaging, workflows, threads, and API-related functions. Many also encountered difficulties when attempting to log in.

In an update on its status page at 10:00 PM IST, Slack stated,...