X suffers brief outage, cause still unknown
Social media platform X experienced a brief outage on Saturday, with over 8,200 reports at its peak, according to Downdetector.com.
Social media platform X experienced an outage on Saturday that lasted for less than an hour, according to Downdetector.com. The outage tracking site recorded over 8,200 reports at the peak of the disruption around 10:31 a.m. ET (1501 GMT). By 11:01 a.m. ET, the number of reports had dropped to fewer than 164, indicating that the platform had largely recovered.
The cause of the outage remains unknown, and X has yet to issue a statement regarding the incident. The company did not respond to requests for comment outside of regular business hours.
Downdetector.com, which tracks outages by gathering status reports from multiple sources, confirmed the swift resolution of the issue, allowing users to regain access to the platform.
Outages on major social media platforms like X can have a significant impact, given their widespread use, but Saturday’s disruption was resolved quickly.
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