Is X Down? Outage Reports Spike After Platform Reports Data Center Issues
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Topline Elon Musk’s X is experiencing a host of issues with its app and desktop website Saturday, marking what appears to be the latest outage of services after the platform said it was still being impacted by a data center outage from earlier in the week. Outage reports spike around 9 a.m. EDT. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket … More via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Key Facts Outage reports on DownDetector.com spiked at 9 a.m. EDT, reaching nearly 26,000 before falling to 22,729 by 9:13 a.m. About 10,000 outage reports were made at 9:45 a.m. Nearly three quarters of the reported problems were based on the X app, while 23% were based on the platform’s desktop website. X’s engineering team said in a statement Friday evening the platform was still experiencing issues from Thursday’s data center outage, noting login and signup services were unavailable for some users. X’s developer platform said “Login with X and other X platform login flows are experiencing degraded performance.” Key Background Saturday’s issues mark at least the second outage for X this week. The platform ran into problems Thursday, when nearly 6,000 users reported issues with X’s website and app. X Engineering said it was aware of performance issues and was experiencing a data center outage. That same day, Wire reported a fire at X’s leased data center in Portland, Oregon, though it is unclear if the fire is directly related to the platform’s recent issues. “X is aware some of our users are experiencing performance issues on the platform today,” wrote the account. “We are experiencing a data center outage and the team is actively working to remediate the issue.” Further Reading X Outage: Thousands Of Users Report Issues With Social Media Site (Forbes) Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/05/24/x-outage-problems-spike-after-platform-reports-continued-data-center-issues/
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