Topline
More than 5,000 users were having issues with X, formerly known as Twitter, Thursday afternoon, according to reports on DownDetector.com, which the platform attributed to a data center outage.
Users on X, formerly known as Twitter, were experiencing outages Thursday afternoon.
Key Facts
Problems on X began to spike around 2:30 p.m. EDT, when around 2,300 users reported issues, according to DownDetector, which tracks outages across platforms.
Reports briefly dipped to just below 2,000 around 3 p.m. EDT, but rose to more than 5,800 around 3:30 p.m. EDT.
Outage reports dropped significantly to about 630 around 4:20 p.m. EDT.
The majority of problems—55%—were reported with the website, though 36% of people were having issues with the app and 9% were experiencing server connection issues.
X did not immediately respond to Forbes’ request for comment on the outage, but its developer platform status page stated “some systems are experiencing degraded performance” just after 4 p.m.
At 4:21 p.m. EDT, X’s engineering account said in a post on the platform: “X is aware some of our users are experiencing performance issues on the platform today. We are experiencing a data center outage and the team is actively working to remediate the issue.”
This story is developing and will be updated.
Key Background
Thursday’s outage follows two X outages in March, the first of which X owner Elon Musk attributed to a cyberattack—though he made the claim without evidence. That outage, which happened on March 10, saw more than 41,000 people report issues with the app. Musk said during the outage the platform was experiencing “a massive cyberattack” that was “done with a lot of resources,” and he suggested “either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved.” The second outage on March 28 was slightly larger and impacted more than 56,000 users.
Further Reading
X Outage: Elon Musk Says ‘Massive Cyberattack’ Originated From IP Addresses Around Ukraine (Forbes)
X Outage—Again: Thousands Briefly Report Issues With Elon Musk’s Platform (Forbes)
