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Skype Is Suffering A Major Worldwide Outage, Microsoft Working On A Fix

Skype Goes Down In The World, Microsoft Works Frantically To Fix
Thomas Tamblyn
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Microsoft's video-calling software Skype has gone down around the world and while Microsoft won't reveal what the problem is the tech giant is frantically working on a fix.

Users started noticing that while they could sign into Skype, the service wasn't behaving as it should. People couldn't change their status while all their contacts would appear as offline, even though they weren't.

Turns out that these little quirks were part of a much wider problem, one that's affecting Skype on a worldwide scale.

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To combat the potentially massive tidal wave of questions Skype engineer Leonas Sendrauskas turned to the company's blog to give an update.

"We have detected an issue that is affecting Skype in a number of ways."

If you're signed in to Skype, you will not be able to change your status and your contacts will all show as offline even if they are online. As a result, you won’t be able to start Skype calls to them.

A small number of messages to group chats are not being delivered, but in most cases you can still instant message your contacts.

If you aren’t signed in to Skype, you may be experiencing difficulty when attempting to sign in. Any changes to your Skype account such as your Credit balance or your profile details might take a little while to be displayed.

You may also have difficulty loading web pages on the Skype Community. For that reason, please check back here for future updates.

We're doing everything we can to fix this issue and hope to have another update for you soon. Thank you for your patience as we work to get this incident resolved."

6 Ways To Communicate When Skype Goes Down

6 Ways To Communicate When Skype Goes Down
Letters(01 of06)
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Ancient civilisations used to send emails using paper. They would print their message onto the bleached flesh of dead trees using a pen. Some houses still have addresses, which are like email addresses for buildings. A stamp is necessary, which can be bought if you can find a Post Office. (credit:Tetra Images - Daniel Grill via Getty Images)
Telegrams(02 of06)
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This high-tech method may soon face a ban under the Snoopers' Charter, so get your hands on one quick. Requires learning a confusing code and message delivery system, so is much like Twitter. (credit:SuperStock via Getty Images)
Hieroglyphics(03 of06)
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This method of communication comes from the ancient Egyptians. It involves carving emojis into walls so people who visit a location can see your message. Serves particularly well to replace Foursquare. (credit:swisshippo via Getty Images)
Smoke signals(04 of06)
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This method was honed by the Native Americans, using a primitive code to send hazy messages over a long distance, similar to Snapchat.
Carrier pigeon(05 of06)
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This lengthy process involves training a pigeon to deliver a handwritten note to someone far away. A primitive form of Facebook Messenger. (credit:Julia Shepeleva via Getty Images)
Face-to-face conversation(06 of06)
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An archaic and forgotten method of communication utilised by lost societies. Involves meeting with people and talking, similarly to a WhatsApp message. Group mode is also possible. (credit:Klaus Vedfelt via Getty Images)
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