UPDATE: May 20, 2021, 3:14 p.m. CDT Slack appears to be back up and running. According to a Slack update, users who are still having issues should "fully quit your Slack app or browser using Command + Q (Mac) or Ctrl + Q (Windows/Linux), and then reopen it."

Slack decided to start the weekend early. And really, can you blame it?

According to Downdetector, the popular workplace messaging app started acting up around 1:17 p.m. ET. (Full disclosure: Downdetector is owned by Mashable's parent company, J2 Global.)

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At 1:57 p.m. ET, Slack also posted its own message about the outage:

"We're still working towards a fix, and users may still be facing errors when attempting to load Slack. We appreciate all your patience in the meantime and we'll continue to keep you posted."

Naturally, the remote workforce of the world is rejoicing. And to fully celebrate, we've got tweets.

We'll update this post once the situation changes. And if it doesn't... goodbye working! Forever!