Discord is down worldwide due to 'upstream issues' (update)

[Windows Central]

Discord appears to be down worldwide due to some kind of outage.
Popular chat program Discord is down for many worldwide, with random connectivity issues spawning this evening.
Update July 17, 2020: Discord seems to slowly be coming back online, since we're able to now connect. Keep trying and it should be back fully soon.
Attempting to connect to the program simply creates a spinning connectivity icon, with no end in sight. The official Discord Twitter page provided an update, saying that its engineers are on the case.

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