SAN FRANCISCO: X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced a widespread outage on Wednesday morning, leaving thousands of users unable to access the platform.
According to outage tracking service Downdetector, reports of disruptions surged around 8 a.m. Pacific Time, with more than 14,000 complaints recorded by 11:05 a.m. Eastern Time.
Users face access issues
Users reported difficulties accessing both the mobile application and web version, with timelines failing to load and posts not displaying properly.
The outage occurred during peak morning hours in the United States, affecting a large number of users simultaneously.
No official response yet
The company, now headquartered in Austin after relocating from San Francisco in 2024, has not issued any official statement regarding the disruption.
The platform’s status page also showed no updates at the time of reporting.
Cause remains unclear
There was no immediate information on the cause of the outage or which specific features were affected, as users continued to report intermittent issues.