Issues with generating link previews and editing images within Buffer

Resolved·Degraded performance

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Affected components

Jan 27, 2026, 11:10 AM

11:42 AM

Buffer Web App

Buffer iOS App

Buffer Android App

Updates

Write-up published

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Resolved

We have been able to identify and fix the problem that was causing issues with generating link previews and editing media within Buffer.

Thank you so much for your patience with us during this incident today and we hope everything in your Buffer account is working smoothly for you again now. If you do notice any lingering wonkiness with link previews or editing media at all, please do let us know.

Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 11:42 AM

Investigating

We're currently investigating some issues with generating link previews and the image editing feature within Buffer. Our engineers are exploring what could be causing this impact, and we will update our status page as soon as we have any further information and fixes.

Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 11:10 AM(32 minutes earlier)