Issue Connecting LinkedIn Channels

Resolved·Degraded performance

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Affected components

May 20, 2026, 12:10 PM

04:00 PM

Buffer Web App

Buffer iOS App

Buffer Android App

Updates

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Resolved

We're happy to share that LinkedIn connections within Buffer are working smoothly once again.

LinkedIn have been able to resolve the API issue from earlier today and as a result, new LinkedIn connections can be made in Buffer now, and existing channels can be re-authenticated now, if needed.

Thank you for all the patience with us today!

Wed, May 20, 2026, 04:00 PM

Investigating

We are currently aware that customers are hitting error messages when attempting to make new LinkedIn channel connections, as well as when trying to refresh existing LinkedIn connections in Buffer, too.

This issue is coming from LinkedIn's own API, and is something that they are currently investigating, too.

We are following along with their investigation and we will update our own status page accordingly as soon as we have any further information.

We're very sorry for the inconvenience that this is causing and we hope we will be able to resume normal service with LinkedIn again soon.

Wed, May 20, 2026, 12:10 PM(3 hours earlier)