This issue has been resolved. Global search and tag management are performing normally again. We're sorry for the disruption this caused. If you're still experiencing issues, please email help@helpscout.com, and we'd be happy to assist. Again, thank you for your patience while we got to the bottom of this.
Posted Jun 18, 2026 - 06:45 EDT
Update
Our engineering team has made progress on the issue affecting global search: search results are recovering for affected customers. Tag management may still be affected for some customers; our team is working on a resolution. We'll post another update as soon as we have more.
Posted Jun 18, 2026 - 04:47 EDT
Update
Our engineering team has resumed work on the issue affecting global search this morning. Some customers may continue to see slower-than-usual or incomplete search results while this is in progress. We'll share another update as soon as we have more.
Posted Jun 18, 2026 - 02:22 EDT
Update
Our team continues to address the issue affecting global search and has scheduled further work for tomorrow morning (CET) during a low-traffic window. Some customers may experience intermittent search slowness until this is complete.
Posted Jun 17, 2026 - 11:43 EDT
Update
Our team is continuing to work on the issue affecting global search. Some customers may still see slower-than-usual results in the meantime. We'll post another update as soon as we have more to share.
Posted Jun 17, 2026 - 09:11 EDT
Identified
Some customers may be seeing slower-than-usual results or occasional failures when using global search. We've identified the cause, and our engineering team is actively working on a fix. We'll post an update here as soon as the situation improves.
Posted Jun 17, 2026 - 07:46 EDT
This incident affected: Web App, Mailbox counts, folders, reports, search results and Public APIs (Inbox API).