X was down - recap as major Twitter outage served up blank screen for thousands
Tom's Guide • • general
Key Points:
- The recent outage on X.com lasted roughly an hour, with most issues now resolved, although the X Developer Platform Status page still shows degraded performance specifically with the X API v2 and streaming endpoints.
- User reports on DownDetector spiked to nearly 75,000 at one point but have since declined significantly, indicating the worst of the outage is likely over, though some slow loading and comment issues persist, especially on desktop.
- The usual Twitter.com to X.com redirect is currently not functioning, causing connection timeouts when accessing Twitter.com, while X.com itself loads profiles without content, suggesting a possible change in redirect policy.
- Despite the outage's impact, there has been no official acknowledgment or credit offered to X Premium subscribers, unlike other recent
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